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

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