ischemia

English

Alternative forms

• ischaemia (UK)
• ischæmia (UK)

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɪˈskiːmiə/
• Rhymes: -iːmiə

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἴσχω, ἰσχάνω (“to hold”) + αἷμα (haima, “blood”).

Noun

ischemia (countable and uncountable; plural ischemias)

1. (pathology, cardiology) Local disturbance in blood circulation due to mechanical obstruction of the blood supply (vasoconstriction, thrombosis or embolism).

Derived terms

• ischemic

Translations

local anemia

• Armenian: արյունարգելություն (hy) (aryunargelutʿyun)
• Dutch: ischemie (nl) f
• Finnish: iskemia (fi)

• Icelandic: blóðþurrð (is) f
• Russian: ишемия (ru) (išemija)
• Spanish: isquemia (es) f

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Italian

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Noun

ischemia f (plural ischemie)

1. (pathology) ischaemia, ischemia

Derived terms

• ischemico