hyperemic
English
Alternative forms
- hyperaemic
Etymology
From hyperemia + -ic.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /hʌɪpəˈɹiːmɪk/
Adjective
hyperemic (comparative more hyperemic, superlative most hyperemic)
- Pertaining to, or exhibiting hyperemia; congested with blood.
- 1996, David Foster Wallace, Infinite Jest, Abacus 2013, p. 208:
- 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, Abacus 2013, p. 208: