congestion - excessive accumulation of blood or other fluid in a body partsymptom - (medicine) any sensation or change in bodily function that is experienced by a patient and is associated with a particular disease hydrothorax - accumulation of fluid in the pleural cavity (the space between the lungs and the walls of the chest) often resulting from disease of the heart or kidneys haemothorax, hemothorax - accumulation of blood in the pleural cavity (the space between the lungs and the walls of the chest) |