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n. - Increased blood in an organ or other body part.

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  • Congestion of the brain consists in an accumulation of blood in the vessels, also called hyperemia, or engorgement.
  • The first pronounced change occurring in an organ under inflammation is an increase in the rapidity with which the blood circulates through the vessels -- a so-called...
  • What I ` m aware of in the autopsy report is that there was reddish hyperemia.
  • I said what I know of the autopsy is that we have reddish hyperemia, an abrasion to the distal part of her vaginal wall.
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