isquemia

See also: isquèmia

Portuguese

Etymology

From New Latin ischaemia, from Ancient Greek ἴσχαιμος (ískhaimos, “stoppage of blood flow”), from ῐ̓́σχω (ískhō, “to hold back, restrain; to stay, stop”) + αἷμᾰ (haîma, “blood”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /is.keˈmi.ɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /is.keˈmi.ɐ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /iʃ.keˈmi.ɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /is.keˈmi.a/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /iʃ.kɨˈmi.ɐ/

• Rhymes: -iɐ
• Hyphenation: is‧que‧mi‧a

Noun

isquemia f (plural isquemias)

1. (pathology, cardiology) ischemia (local disturbance in blood circulation)

Related terms

• isquémico/isquêmico

 

Further reading

• “isquemia”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2024
• “isquemia”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2024
• “isquemia” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “isquemia”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
• “isquemia”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024
• “isquemia”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

Spanish

Etymology

From New Latin ischaemia, from Ancient Greek ἴσχαιμος (ískhaimos, “stoppage of blood flow”), from ῐ̓́σχω (ískhō, “to hold back, restrain; to stay, stop”) + αἷμᾰ (haîma, “blood”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /isˈkemja/ [isˈke.mja]
• Rhymes: -emja
• Syllabification: is‧que‧mia

Noun

isquemia f (plural isquemias)

1. ischemia

Related terms

• isquémico

 

Further reading

• “isquemia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014