ischemia

English

Alternative forms

• ischaemia (UK)
• ischæmia (UK)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪˈskiːmi.ə/
• Rhymes: -iːmiə

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Noun

ischemia (countable and uncountable, plural ischemias) (American spelling)

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 (aryunargelutʿyun)
• Basque: iskemia
• Catalan: isquèmia (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 缺血 (zh) (quēxuè)

• Czech: ischémie f
• Dutch: ischemie (nl) f
• Finnish: iskemia (fi)
• French: ischémie (fr) f

• German: Ischämie (de) f
• Greek: ισχαιμία (el) f (ischaimía)
• Hungarian: iszkémia (hu)
• Icelandic: blóðþurrð f
• Indonesian: iskemia (id)
• Italian: ischemia (it)
• Japanese: 虚血 (きょけつ, kyoketsu)
• Polish: niedokrwienie (pl) n
• Portuguese: isquemia (pt)
• Russian: ишеми́я (ru) f (išemíja)
• Spanish: isquemia (es) f

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Italian

Noun

ischemia f (plural ischemie)

1. (pathology) ischaemia, ischemia

Derived terms

• ischemico