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ischemia

Syllables: isch·e·mia/ɪˈskiː.mi.ə/US/ɪˈski.mi.ə/

ischemia noun: local disturbance in blood circulation due to mechanical obstruction of the blood supply (for example, embolism, thrombosis, or vasoconstriction).

ischemia: local disturbance in blood circulation due to mechanical obstruction of the blood supply (for...
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Noun

ischemia (countable and uncountable, plural ischemias or ischemiae)

  1. (US) Local disturbance in blood circulation due to mechanical obstruction of the blood supply (for example, embolism, thrombosis, or vasoconstriction).
    • Coordinate term: hypoperfusion
    Antonyms:
    reperfusion

ischemia meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali

ischemia in Hindi

local disturbance in blood circulation due to mechanical obstruction of the blood supply
स्थानिक अरक्तता sthānik araktatā

ischemia in Tamil

குருதி ஊட்டக்குறை, குருதியோட்டக்குறை, இரத்த ஓட்ட குறைவு

ischemia in Urdu

local disturbance in blood circulation due to mechanical obstruction of the blood supply
اقفار

ischemia in Bengali

থ্রম্বোসিস
More languagesFewer languages
ischemia in Arabic
نقص التروية
ischemia in Indonesian
iskemia
ischemia in Persian
ایسکمی
ischemia in Thai
การขาดเลือดเฉพาะที่
ischemia in Vietnamese
thiếu máu cục bộ

Antonyms of ischemia

Forms of ischemia

pluralischemias
pluralischemiae
alternative UKischaemia
alternative UK (obsolete)ischæmia

Origin of ischemia

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.

Words formed from ischemia

Words that rhyme with ischemia

Questions about ischemia

What does ischemia mean?
Ischemia means local disturbance in blood circulation due to mechanical obstruction of the blood supply (for example, embolism, thrombosis, or vasoconstriction).
What is ischemia in Hindi?
Ischemia in Hindi is स्थानिक अरक्तता (sthānik araktatā). See Ischemia meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is ischemia?
Ischemia is a noun.
How do you pronounce ischemia?
Ischemia is pronounced /ɪˈskiː.mi.ə/ (UK).
What is the plural of ischemia?
The plural of ischemia is ischemias.

Words near ischemia in the dictionary

  1. ischaemiae
  2. ischaemias
  3. ischaemic
  4. ischaemically
  5. ischatic
  6. ischemia
  7. ischemiae
  8. ischemial
  9. ischemias
  10. ischemic
  11. ischemic bone necrosis

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: ischemia (page history and authors); ischemia (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ischemia (Bengali Wiktionary) (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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