Hyperemic

//hʌɪpəˈɹiːmɪk// adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 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."

Adjective
  1. 1
    relating to or caused by hyperemia wordnet

Synonyms

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bloatedburstingcongestedcrammedcrowdeddistended

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"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."

Etymology

From hyperemia + -ic.

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