English

Alternative forms

• hyperaemic

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.