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hyperaerated

hyperaerated adjective: excessively aerated.

Adjective

hyperaerated (not comparable)

  1. Excessively aerated.
    • The chest is slightly hyperaerated so that the cardiomegaly present appears to be real.1982, Michael J. Kelley, Cardiac Imaging in Infants and Children, page 51
    • The following HU-ranges were used to obtain the masses of differently aerated lung compartments, which were calculated as percentage of M total : nonaerated (atelectasis, -100 to +100 HU), poorly aerated (-101 to -500 HU); normally aerated (-501 to -900 HU) and hyperaerated (-901 to -1,000 HU).2015 August 11, “Correlation of Lung Collapse and Gas Exchange - A Computer Tomographic Study in Sheep and Pigs with Atelectasis in Otherwise Normal Lungs”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin of hyperaerated

From hyper- + aerated.

Questions about hyperaerated

What does hyperaerated mean?
Hyperaerated means excessively aerated.
What part of speech is hyperaerated?
Hyperaerated is an adjective.

Words near hyperaerated in the dictionary

  1. hyperaemia
  2. hyperaemias
  3. hyperaemic
  4. hyperaeolism
  5. hyperaeolisms
  6. hyperaerated
  7. hyperaeration
  8. hyperaesthesia
  9. hyperaesthesias
  10. hyperaesthetic
  11. hyperaffective

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