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hyperemic

UK/hʌɪpəˈɹiːmɪk/

hyperemic adjective: pertaining to, or exhibiting hyperemia; congested with blood.

Adjective

hyperemic (comparative more hyperemic, superlative most hyperemic)

  1. Pertaining to, or exhibiting hyperemia; congested with blood.
    • Calvin Thrust is quietly rumored to have on the shaft of his formerly professional porn-cartridge-performer's Unit a tattoo that displays the magiscule initials CT when the Unit is flaccid and the full name CALVIN THRUST when hyperemic.1996, David Foster Wallace, Infinite Jest […], Boston, Mass.; New York, N.Y.: Little, Brown and Company, →ISBN, page 208

Forms of hyperemic

comparativemore hyperemic
superlativemost hyperemic
alternative formhyperaemic

Origin of hyperemic

From hyperemia + -ic.

Questions about hyperemic

What does hyperemic mean?
Hyperemic means pertaining to, or exhibiting hyperemia; congested with blood.
What part of speech is hyperemic?
Hyperemic is an adjective.
How do you pronounce hyperemic?
Hyperemic is pronounced /hʌɪpəˈɹiːmɪk/ (UK).

Words near hyperemic in the dictionary

  1. hyperemesis
  2. hyperemesis gravidarum
  3. hyperemetic
  4. hyperemia
  5. hyperemias
  6. hyperemic
  7. hypereminent
  8. hyperemized
  9. hyperemotional
  10. hyperemotionality
  11. hyperemotionally

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