congestive
Americanadjective
Example Sentences
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This includes congestive heart failure and kidney and liver failure.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
Representatives for Katsis confirmed his death on Thursday in Los Angeles, from complications of congestive heart failure, in a statement to the Hollywood Reporter and Billboard.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2026
Individuals with a history of end-stage renal disease or congestive heart failure were excluded from the analysis.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 9, 2026
His personal assistant Joan Clancy confirmed that he died on Sunday from congestive heart failure in Kingston Hospital, New York state.
From Barron's ● Oct. 27, 2025
For congestive headaches it is as valuable as Belladonna, Glonoine, Nux vomica, or Sepia.
From New, Old, and Forgotten Remedies: Papers by Many Writers by Edward Pollock Anshutz
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