Ischemia
//ɪˈskiː.mi.ə// noun
noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
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Noun
- 1 Local disturbance in blood circulation due to mechanical obstruction of the blood supply (for example, embolism, thrombosis, or vasoconstriction). US, countable, uncountable
"Coordinate term: hypoperfusion"
- 2 local anemia in a given body part sometimes resulting from vasoconstriction or thrombosis or embolism wordnet
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From New Latin ischaemia, from Ancient Greek ἴσχαιμος (ískhaimos, “stoppage of blood flow”), from ῐ̓́σχω (ĭ́skhō, “to hold back, restrain; to stay, stop”) + αἷμᾰ (haîmă, “blood”). The plural form ischemiae is also from New Latin ischaemiae.
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