ischemia
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Etymology edit
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”).[1]
The plural form ischemiae is also from New Latin ischaemiae.
Pronunciation edit
- Singular:
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɪˈskiː.mi.ə/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - (General American) IPA(key): /ɪˈski.mi.ə/
- Rhymes: -iːmiə
- Hyphenation: isch‧e‧mia
- Plural (ischemiae):
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɪˈskiː.mi.aɪ/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ɪˈski.mi.aɪ/
- Hyphenation: isch‧e‧mi‧ae
Noun edit
ischemia (countable and uncountable, plural ischemias or ischemiae) (American spelling)
- (cardiology, pathology) Local disturbance in blood circulation due to mechanical obstruction of the blood supply (for example, embolism, thrombosis, or vasoconstriction).
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Translations edit
local disturbance in blood circulation due to mechanical obstruction of the blood supply
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References edit
- ^ “ischaemia | ischemia, n.”, in OED Online , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, March 2020; “ischemia, n.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
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Noun edit
ischemia f (plural ischemie)