hyperemic

English

Alternative forms

• hyperaemic

Etymology

From hyperemia +‎ -ic.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /hʌɪpəˈɹiːmɪk/

Adjective

hyperemic (comparative more hyperemic, superlative most hyperemic)

1. Pertaining to, or exhibiting hyperemia; congested with blood.
   • 1996, David Foster Wallace, Infinite Jest […], Boston, Mass., New York, N.Y.: Little, Brown and Company, →ISBN, page 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.