hyperaemia

See also: hyperæmia

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ὑπέρ (hupér, “over”) + αἷμα (haîma, “blood”), equivalent to hyper- +‎ -aemia.

Noun

hyperaemia (countable and uncountable, plural hyperaemias)

1. Alternative spelling of hyperemia
   • 2024, Jennifer Davidson, ‎Beth Shepherd, ‎Sunderarajan Jayaraman, Practice Long Cases for the Part B Final FRCR Examination:

     However, several enterographic findings are associated with increased disease activity, including wall thickening greater than 4 mm, intramural and mesenteric oedema, mucosal hyperaemia, wall enhancement (and enhancement pattern), transmural ulceration and fistula formation, vascular engorgement and inflammatory mesenteric lymph nodes (often with hyperenhancement).