Congestive

Congestive (from Latin congestio - influx of blood, synonym fluxio), related to influx of blood in general. However, usually specifically inflammatory hyperemia is meant, and hyperemia that arises initially is designated as primary congestion; hyperemia that arises subsequently, reflexively in response to already caused inflammation, is designated as secondary congestion. Congestion observed under various physiological conditions (e.g. in the stomach during digestion) is called functional. For hypostatic congestion, see Hypostasis. Active and passive congestion are synonyms for the respective types of hyperemia (see). Rarely (and incorrectly) the term 'congestio' (French congestion) is used to denote the entire inflammatory complex. The term 'congestive abscess' is also little used - synonym for empyema abscess.