ischemia

• ischaemia (British spelling)
• ischæmia (British spelling, obsolete)

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”).^[1]

The plural form ischemiae is also from New Latin ischaemiae.

• Singular:
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɪˈskiː.mi.ə/

  • Audio (Southern England):

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  • (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

ischemia (countable and uncountable, plural ischemias or ischemiae) (American spelling)

1. (cardiology, pathology) Local disturbance in blood circulation due to mechanical obstruction of the blood supply (for example, embolism, thrombosis, or vasoconstriction).

   Antonym: reperfusion

   Hypernym: malperfusion

   Coordinate term: hypoperfusion

• ischemia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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”). By surface analysis, isco- +‎ -emia.

• IPA^(key): /is.keˈmi.a/
• Rhymes: -ia
• Hyphenation: i‧sche‧mì‧a

ischemia f (plural ischemie)

1. (pathology) ischaemia, ischemia

• ischemia in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
• ischemia in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
• ischemia in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
• ischemìa in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
• ischemia in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana