hyperemia

American  

[hahy-per-ee-mee-uh] / ˌhaɪ pərˈi mi ə /

Or hyperaemia

noun

Pathology.

1. an abnormally large amount of blood in any part of the body.

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hyperemia British  

/ ˌhaɪpərˈiːmɪə /

noun

1. pathol the usual US spelling of hyperaemia

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Other Word Forms

• hyperemic adjective

Etymology

Origin of hyperemia

First recorded in 1830–40; hyper- + -emia

Example Sentences

A similar condition is seen in hyperemia of the brain.

From Special Report on Diseases of the Horse by Michener, Charles B.

At the autopsy are found hyperemia of the arachnoid, and slight chronic leptomeningitis and pachymeningitis.

From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Pyle, Walter L. (Walter Lytle)

As a rhinologist he insists on the nasal conditions that underlie the affection yet suggests that the nasal hyperemia may be due to reflexes of one kind or another.

From Psychotherapy by Walsh, James J. (James Joseph)

As the blood vessels of the pia mater are the principal source of supply to the spinal cord, hyperemia of the cord and of the meninges usually go together.

From Special Report on Diseases of the Horse by Michener, Charles B.

A slight hyperemia of the mucous membrane in the upper respiratory tract due to an ordinary cold began in a very slight degree the irritation, and then the habit of coughing was not given up.

From Psychotherapy by Walsh, James J. (James Joseph)