hyperæmia

hyperæmia

See also: hyperemia and hyperaemia

English

Noun

hyperæmia (uncountable)

1. Alternative spelling of hyperemia
   • 1854, Carl von Rokitansky et al., A manual of pathological anatomy, page 107:

     "It is to be understood that we have to deal only with local hyperæmia–congestion, so called."

   • 1861, Friedrich Wilhelm Scanzoni & Augustus Kinsley Gardner, A Practical Treatise on the Diseases of the Sexual Organs of Women, page 232:

     "When the hyperæmia of the genital parts is well marked, one or two local bleedings hasten the cure."

   • 1878, William Alexander Hammond, Cerebral hyperæmia: the result of mental strain or emotional disturbance.