Definition of Decongestion

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Decongestion

deconfiguring
deconfine
deconfined
deconfinement
deconfining
deconflict
deconflicted
deconflicting
deconfliction
deconflicts
decongest
decongestant
decongestants
decongested
decongesting
decongestion (current term)
decongestions
decongestive
decongests
deconjugating
deconjugation
deconjugations
decons
deconsecrate
deconsecrated
deconsecrates
deconsecrating
deconsecration
deconsecrations
deconsolidation

Literary usage of Decongestion

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Proceedings by Philadelphia County Medical Society (1891)
"... the peripheral circulation is less active, •with some degree of decongestion of the skin and the mucous membranes (nasal, laryngeal, pulmonary, etc. ..."

2. Assessment & Decision Making for Sustainable Transport by ECMT Staff (2004)
"decongestion and transfer objectives: decongestion of congested areas and ... Evaluation of town planning effects (decongestion at local level) As early as ..."

3. The Practitioner by Gale Group, ProQuest Information and Learning Company (1877)
"... has for its result the decongestion of the encephalon; and like both of these medicines chloroform in solution succeeds, especially in nervous insomnia. ..."

4. The City-Building Process: Housing and Services in New Milwaukee by Roger D. Simon (1978)
"Part of the decongestion was a function of the aging process both of the neighborhood and its residents. The area renewed itself as enough young families ..."

5. Protectors Or Pretenders?: Government Human Rights Commissions in Africa by Binaifer Nowrojee (2001)
"The commission made recommendations to the government, which established a committee on prison reform and decongestion, headed by the attorney-general and ..."

6. Ill-Equipped: U.S. Prisons and Offenders with Mental Illness by Sasha Abramsky (2003)
"Eventually, I began to feel sick with headaches, dizziness, cold sweats, lower back pains and chest decongestion. Then I began having reoccurrences of ..."

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