congestive
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7.0
- adjective
- /kənˈdʒɛstɪv/
- Specialized
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congestivo
- Roosevelt experienced congestive heart failure and chronic pulmonary disease as a consequence of his hypertension and smoking.
- congestive heart failure
- congestive heart
This is FDA approved for hypertension or high blood pressure and for congestive heart failure.
- This is FDA approved for hypertension or high blood pressure and for congestive heart failure.
- You need to salt your food to taste to realize optimal health, and this includes even people with congestive heart failure.
- Number six is congestive heart failure, CHF, and this can be even mild undiagnosed CHF or heart failure.
- I mean, not surprisingly, congestive heart failure when you're, when you're overweight, that sort of thing can, can quite easily happen to you.
- Sure, congestive heart failure played, played a factor.
- Bring forth the memes when your non compliant patient with congestive heart failure goes off meds and starts a high sodium diet.
Examples
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You have congestive heart failure.
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The major use of Coenzyme Q10 would be in the case of congestive heart failure, where it is particularly effective.
Academic text (2007) -
If somebody does not have an insurance plan and they have congestive heart failure, who or what could possibly make their care better?
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The disease is commonly referred to as congestive heart failure.
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All patients presented initially with congestive heart failure of at least 6 months' duration.
Academic text (1991) -
He's got congestive heart failure.
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He has congestive heart failure.
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The doctor consented, and the X-ray showed the early signs of congestive heart failure.
Academic text (2003) -
Patients had high fever and were severely ill at admission; more than half had congestive heart failure (Table 1).
Academic text (2014) -
The patient was diagnosed with congestive heart failure, which caused severe swelling in his legs.
Synonyms
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3.2
A body part or object that is larger than normal because it has extra fluid inside
70
5.0
A part of the body that is swollen and uncomfortable from extra gas or liquid
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3.6
A body part full of extra blood or liquid that is swollen
3
7.9
A body part that is swollen with extra fluid, often full of blood
1
9.9
Swollen because it has too much fluid in body tissues
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
10
3.5
A condition in which the heart cannot pump blood well, causing fluid to build up in the body
How Affected
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Congestive comes from Latin parts con- 'together' and gerere 'to carry or bring', so it originally meant 'piled up'. That's why congestive describes a body part that is filled or swollen with too much blood or fluid, like a congested road full of cars.