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Definition of Decongestive
1. [adj]
Medical Definition of Decongestive
1. Having the property of reducing congestion. Synonym: decongestant. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Decongestive
Literary usage of Decongestive
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Buffalo Medical Journal (1872)
"I would venture the conjecture that it may exert permanently the same decongestive
action upon the brain, and upper portion of the spinal marrow, ..."
2. Occidental Medical Times (1894)
"In the last class of patients, they should he combined with a severe diet.
The aim of. the decongestive movements is relaxation of the abdominal wall, and, ..."
3. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1891)
"... stating that their sedative and decongestive properties have produced good
results, particularly in the pneumo-bulbous form; in herpetic asthma children ..."
4. The Practitioner by Gale Group, ProQuest Information and Learning Company (1908)
"Great benefit is also derived from the decongestive action of the waters in cases
of chronic metritis, ..."
5. The Medical and Surgical Reporter (1872)
"... as much as possible of the occipital region, and thereby bringing a decongestive
influence to bear upon the cerebellum and the medulla oblongata. ..."
6. Practical Organotherapy: The Internal Secretions in General Practice by Henry Robert Harrower (1922)
"... a good many thousand cases, but it exerts a decongestive influence on the pelvis.
It has been known actually to prevent early postpartum menstruation. ..."
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