‖ hyperæmia Path.
(haɪpəˈriːmɪə)
Also -hæmia, -emia.
[mod.L., f. hyper- 5 + Gr. -αιµία (cf. anæmia, etc.), f. αἷµα blood. Cf. Gr. ὑπεραιµό-ειν to have excess of blood.]
An excessive accumulation of blood in a particular part, arising either from increased flow through the arteries (active hyperæmia or arterial h.) or from obstruction in a vein (passive hyperæmia or venous h.); congestion.
| 1836–9 Todd Cycl. Anat. II. 826/2 Hyperæmia of one organ may give rise to anæmia of another. 1876 Duhring Dis. Skin 64 Cutaneous hyperæmia consists in an excessive amount of blood in the capillaries of the skin. 1878 Foster Phys. iii. v. §3. 487 Due to a one-sided hyperhæmia of the spinal cord. |
Hence hyperæmic, -emic (haɪpəˈriːmɪk) a., of, pertaining to, or affected with hyperæmia.
| 1839–47 Todd Cycl. Anat. III. 62/2 The bones..were in an hyperæmic condition. 1897 Allbutt Syst. Med. III. 424 The mucous coat [of the stomach] is most frequently hyperæmic. |