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Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Hyperæmia

Hy′per·æ′mi·a, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ὑπέρ over + αἷμα blood.] (Med.) A superabundance or congestion of blood in an organ or part of the body.

Active hyperæmia, congestion due to increased flow of blood to a part. — Passive hyperæmia, interchange due to obstruction in the return of blood from a part.

— Hy′per·æ′mic (#), a.

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Noah Porter, editor (Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913). Public domain. Text as transcribed by MICRA, Inc., from Project Gutenberg. Changed for Deep Dive Bible: Greek, which our source spelled in Latin letters, set in Greek letters; entries of one spelling merged into one article.