decongestive
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English
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[edit]Adjective
[edit]decongestive (comparative more decongestive, superlative most decongestive)
- Serving to decongest.
- 2007 June 5, Roni Caryn Rabin, “A Painful Lymph Illness Often Follows Cancer”, in New York Times[1]:
- The preferred therapy for lymphedema, called complete decongestive therapy, involves a time- and labor-intensive gentle massage technique to stimulate new pathways for the lymphatic fluid.
Noun
[edit]decongestive (plural decongestives)
- A decongestant.