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ischæmic

ischæmic is the archaic form of ischemic.

Meaning of ischemic

Adjective

ischemic (comparative more ischemic, superlative most ischemic)

  1. Characteristic of, or accompanied by, ischemia — localised anaemia due to mechanical obstruction of the blood supply, creating a local disturbance in blood circulation.
    • Dr. Salazar was a fast talker, devoid of personality. Lolly's vitals had stabilised, she said. Her stroke was ischemic, caused by a clot rather than a rupture. She'd come in exhibiting classic symptoms: weakness on her left side, double vision, aphasia.
      "What's aphasia?" I said.
      "A disconnect...2008, Wally Lamb, The Hour I First Believed, Ch.3, at p.59

Forms of ischæmic

comparativemore ischæmic
superlativemost ischæmic

Questions about ischæmic

What is ischæmic the archaic form of?
Ischæmic is the archaic form of ischemic.

Words near ischæmic in the dictionary

  1. ischury
  2. ischyrocerid
  3. ischyrocerids
  4. ischæmia
  5. ischæmias
  6. ischæmic
  7. ischæmiæ
  8. ISCI
  9. ISCII
  10. ISCO
  11. ISCOs

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Adapted from Wiktionary: ischæmic (page history and authors); ischemic (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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