- arterial hyperemia
- active h.
Medical dictionary. 2011.
arterial hyperemia
Look at other dictionaries:
hyperemia — The presence of an increased amount of bloodflow in a part or organ. SEE ALSO: congestion. [hyper + G. haima, blood] active h. h. due to an increased afflux of arterial blood into dilated capillaries. SYN: arterial h., fluxionary h.. arterial h.… … Medical dictionary
hyperemia — Excessive presence of blood, usually arterial; and the resultant increase in heat and metabolic rate. Hyperemia can be a pathology, blowing out blood vessels and the like; used here to describe the chronic or subclinical condition of… … Herbal-medical glossary
active hyperemia — increased blood in a part due to local or general relaxation of the arterioles. Called also arterial h. and fluxionary h … Medical dictionary
Skeletal-muscle pump — The skeletal muscle pump is a collection of skeletal muscles that aid the heart in the circulation of blood. It is especially important in increasing venous return to the heart, but may also play a role in arterial blood flow.Venous returnDuring… … Wikipedia
Thrombosis — Classification and external resources Acute arterial thrombosis of the right leg (note the blue discoloration) ICD 10 I … Wikipedia
syndrome — The aggregate of symptoms and signs associated with any morbid process, and constituting together the picture of the disease. SEE ALSO: disease. [G. s., a running together, tumultuous concourse; (in med.) a concurrence of symptoms, fr. syn,… … Medical dictionary
congestion — Presence of an abnormal amount of fluid in the vessels or passages of a part or organ; especially, of blood due either to increased influx or to an obstruction to outflow. SEE ALSO: hyperemia. [L. congestio, a bringing together, a heap, fr. con… … Medical dictionary
method — The mode or manner or orderly sequence of events of a process or procedure. SEE ALSO: fixative, operation, procedure, stain, technique. [G. methodos; fr. meta, after, + hodos, way] Abell Kendall m. a … Medical dictionary
Mesenteric ischemia — Classification and external resources ICD 10 K55.9 ICD 9 557.9 … Wikipedia
Myocardial infarction — Heart attack redirects here. For other uses, see Heart attack (disambiguation). Myocardial infarction Classification and external resources Diagram of a myocardial infarction (2) of the tip of the anterior wall of the heart (an apical infarct)… … Wikipedia
