The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromὑπέρ“over”
- English todayhyperemia
From Ancient Greek ὑπέρ (hupér, “over”) + αἷμα (haîma, “blood”), equivalent to hyper- + -emia.
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekὑπέρ all →
hypertrophyhyper-hyperduliahypergelasthypergolichyperzeugmamaschalyperidrosis
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.