Definition of "hyperæmia"

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

1854, Carl von Rokitansky et al., A manual of pathological anatomy, page 107

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

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