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hyperemia
[hahy-per-ee-mee-uh]
noun
an abnormally large amount of blood in any part of the body.
hyperemia
/ ˌɪəˈːɪə /
noun
pathol the usual US spelling of hyperaemia
Other 51Թ Forms
- hyperemic adjective
- ˌˈ adjective
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of hyperemia1
Example Sentences
The usual excuse for not wearing wool is that it produces hyperemia of the skin with itchy discomfort, but this, as a rule, is only passing and is due to unaccustomedness.
According to the doctrine, lesions are always accompanied in nature by hyperemia, “the most widespread of auto-curative agents.”
There was at the start pain, slight dilatation of the pupil, and slight general hyperemia of the globe.
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.
At the autopsy are found hyperemia of the arachnoid, and slight chronic leptomeningitis and pachymeningitis.
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