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

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)

Congestion of the brain consists in an accumulation of blood in the vessels, also called hyperemia, or engorgement.

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

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.

According to the doctrine, lesions are always accompanied in nature by hyperemia, “the most widespread of auto-curative agents.”

From Bloodletting Instruments in the National Museum of History and Technology by Appel, Toby