- hypostatic congestion
- congestion of the lowest part of an organ simply from the effect of gravity when the circulation is weakened.
Medical dictionary. 2011.
hypostatic congestion
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congestion — Presence of an abnormal amount of fluid in the vessels or passages of a part or organ; especially, of blood due either to increased influx or to an obstruction to outflow. SEE ALSO: hyperemia. [L. congestio, a bringing together, a heap, fr. con… … Medical dictionary
hypostasis — 1. Formation of a sediment at the bottom of a liquid. 2. SYN: hypostatic congestion. 3. The phenomenon whereby the phenotype that would ordinarily be manifested at one locus is obscured by the genotype at another epistatic locus; e.g., in humans … Medical dictionary
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