hyperemic

English

Alternative forms

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, 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.
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