ischaemia

See also: ischæmia

English

Noun

ischaemia (countable and uncountable, plural ischaemias or ischaemiae) (British spelling)

  1. (cardiology, pathology) Alternative spelling of ischemia.

Derived terms

Latin

Etymology

Derived from Ancient Greek ἴσχαιμος (ískhaimos, stopping of blood) (itself a compound of ῐ̓́σχω (ĭ́skhō) and αἷμᾰ (haîmă)) and Ancient Greek -ίᾱ (-íā).

Pronunciation

Noun

ischaemia f (genitive ischaemiae); first declension

  1. (New Latin) ischaemia

Declension

First-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative ischaemia ischaemiae
genitive ischaemiae ischaemiārum
dative ischaemiae ischaemiīs
accusative ischaemiam ischaemiās
ablative ischaemiā ischaemiīs
vocative ischaemia ischaemiae

Descendants

  • English: ischaemia, ischemia
  • Italian: ischemia
  • Russian: ишеми́я (išemíja)