Hyperaemia

noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Alternative spelling of hyperemia. alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable

    "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)."

  2. 2
    increased blood in an organ or other body part wordnet

Etymology

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

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