- passive hyperemia
- increased blood in a part resulting from obstruction to its outflow from the area. Called also venous h.
Medical dictionary. 2011.
passive hyperemia
Look at other dictionaries:
passive hyperemia — noun : passive congestion … Useful english dictionary
passive congestion — n congestion caused by obstruction to the return flow of venous blood called also passive hyperemia * * * congestion of a part due to obstruction to escape of blood from it; called also venous c … Medical dictionary
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
venous hyperemia — passive h … Medical dictionary
rubefacient — 1. Causing a reddening of the skin. 2. A counterirritant that produces erythema when applied to the skin surface. [L. rubi facio, fr. ruber, red, + facio, to make] * * * ru·be·fa·cient .rü bə fā shənt adj causing redness of the skin <a… … Medical dictionary
round heart disease — noun : an obscure disease of poultry in which affected birds often die suddenly without previous signs of illness of a dilated hypertrophied heart with fatty infiltration of its muscles and usually passive hyperemia of the lungs and viscera … Useful english 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
hyperaemia — hyperaemia, hyperaesthesia, hyperaesthetic chiefly Brit var of HYPEREMIA, HYPERESTHESIA, HYPERESTHETIC * * * n. the presence of excess blood in the vessels supplying a part of the body. In active hyperaemia (arterial hyperaemia) the arterioles… … Medical dictionary
