hyperaerated
adjEtymology From hyper- + aerated.
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Excessively aerated.
- The chest is slightly hyperaerated so that the cardiomegaly present appears to be real.1982, Michael J. Kelley, Cardiac Imaging in Infants and Children, page 51:
- The following HU-ranges were used to obtain the masses of differently aerated lung compartments, which were calculated as percentage of M total : nonaerated (atelectasis, -100 to +100 HU), poorly aerated (-101 to -500 HU); normally aerated (-501 to -900 HU) and hyperaerated (-901 to -1,000 HU).2015 August 11, “Correlation of Lung Collapse and Gas Exchange - A Computer Tomographic Study in Sheep and Pigs with Atelectasis in Otherwise Normal Lungs”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI: