hyperæmia

A form of hyperemia — excess of blood in a body part.

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nounhyperæmia (uncountable)
  1. alternativeuncountableAlternative spelling of hyperemia.

    "It is to be understood that we have to deal only with local hyperæmia–congestion, so called."

    1854, Carl von Rokitansky et al., A manual of pathological anatomy, page 107
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    "When the hyperæmia of the genital parts is well marked, one or two local bleedings hasten the cure."

    1861, Friedrich Wilhelm Scanzoni, Augustus Kinsley Gardner, A Practical Treatise on the Diseases of the Sexual Organs of Women, page 232
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