hyperemic

1. 1.

   relating to or caused by hyperemia

Questions about hyperemic

What does hyperemic mean?

hyperemic means "relating to or caused by hyperemia".

How many syllables are in hyperemic?

hyperemic has 4 syllables and divides as hy-pe-re-mic under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is hyperemic a common word?

hyperemic is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.