ischemia

English

Alternative forms

• ischaemia (UK)
• ischæmia (UK)

Pronunciation

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

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἴσχω (ískhō), ἰσχάνω (iskhánō, “to hold”) + αἷμα (haîma, “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 (aryunargelutʿyun)
• Basque: iskemia
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 缺血 (zh) (quēxuè)

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

• German: Ischämie (de) f
• Greek: ισχαιμία (el) f (ischaimía)
• Icelandic: blóðþurrð f
• Italian: ischemia (it)
• Japanese: 虚血 (きょけつ, kyoketsu)
• 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