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Definition of: hyphemia
(hī·fē′mē·ə) noun Pathol.
1. Deficiency of blood, or a lack of supply of the red corpuscles in the blood.
2. Extravasation of the blood into a surrounding tissue, especially in the eye. Also hy·phae′mi·a. [<HYPO- + -HEMIA]
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