hyperaemia
hyperaemia is the alternative spelling of hyperemia.
Meaning of hyperemia
Noun
hyperemia (countable and uncountable, plural hyperemias)
- excess of blood in a body part.
- Synonyms:
- congestion, engorgement, hyperperfusion
Forms of hyperaemia
| plural | hyperaemias |
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Origin of hyperaemia
From Ancient Greek ὑπέρ (hupér, “over”) + αἷμα (haîma, “blood”), equivalent to hyper- + -aemia.
Questions about hyperaemia
- What is hyperaemia the alternative spelling of?
- Hyperaemia is the alternative spelling of hyperemia.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: hyperaemia (page history and authors); hyperemia (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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