pulmonary congestion; lung congestion
Medical term for fluid accumulation in the lungs, often associated with heart failure.
Patients with heart failure may develop pulmonary congestion.
Standard spelling using うっ血 (congestion).
Rare spelling using 鬱血; 鬱 is not a Jōyō kanji and is less common in modern medical writing.
Compound of 肺 (lung) and うっ血 (congestion). うっ血 is a Sino-Japanese word from 鬱 (stagnation) and 血 (blood).