Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An increase in the quantity of blood flow to a body part; engorgement.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In pathology, an excessive accumulation of blood in any part of the body.
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- noun
excess ofblood in a body part.
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- noun increased blood in an organ or other body part
Etymologies
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Examples
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The first pronounced change occurring in an organ under inflammation is an increase in the rapidity with which the blood circulates through the vessels -- a so-called hyperemia -- which soon gives place to a diminution
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Congestion of the brain consists in an accumulation of blood in the vessels, also called hyperemia, or engorgement.
Special Report on Diseases of the Horse Charles B. Michener 1877
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There have also been reports of conjunctival hyperemia, or redness in the eyes.
New Drug Approved to Treat Glaucoma Peter Loftus 2012
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The FDA was particularly concerned about these claims, according to the letter, “because patients are highly unlikely to be able to differentiate between eye redness associated with conjunctival hyperemia, allergic reaction, or inflammation without the advice of a healthcare provider.”
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The FDA was particularly concerned about these claims, according to the letter, “because patients are highly unlikely to be able to differentiate between eye redness associated with conjunctival hyperemia, allergic reaction, or inflammation without the advice of a healthcare provider.”
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What I ` m aware of in the autopsy report is that there was reddish hyperemia.
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I said what I know of the autopsy is that we have reddish hyperemia, an abrasion to the distal part of her vaginal wall.
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Although the meals had different effects on hyperemia in conduit and resistance vessels, the direction of the meal-related changes was similar in large and small vessel studies, with a trend toward a greater increase in flow after consumption of polyunsaturated fats.
Saturated fat study sucks | The Blog of Michael R. Eades, M.D. 2006
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After needling the lens in young people I have seen a rise of intra-ocular tension to 50 and 60 mm., maintained for many days, with considerable general deep hyperemia, and soreness of the globe, followed by gradual return to normal tension, and no permanent impairment of vision or the visual field.
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There was at the start pain, slight dilatation of the pupil, and slight general hyperemia of the globe.
chained_bear commented on the word hyperemia
"Another distinguished pathologist noted that the brain showed 'marked hyperemia'—blood flooding the brain, probably because of an out-of-control inflammatory response—adding, 'the convolutions of the brain were flattened and the brain tissues were noticeably dry.'"
—John M. Barry, The Great Influenza (NY: Penguin Books, 2004), 240
February 16, 2009