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ischemia

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ɪˈskiː.mi.ə/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • General-American: /ɪˈski.mi.ə/
  • rhymes with -iːmiə
  • Received-Pronunciation: /ɪˈskiː.mi.aɪ/
  • General-American: /ɪˈski.mi.aɪ/
  • CMU ARPABET: IH2 S K EH1 M IY2 AH0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: US, countable, uncountable

Topics: cardiology, medicine, pathology, sciences

Examples

  • Coordinate term: hypoperfusion

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: reperfusion

Broader terms: malperfusion

2

noun

Meaning 2

local anemia in a given body part sometimes resulting from vasoconstriction or thrombosis or embolism

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: ischaemia

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: anemia, anaemia

Narrower terms: ischemic stroke, ischaemic stroke, transient ischemic attack, TIA

History

Etymology

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.

Across languages

Translations

44 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: نقص التروية — local disturbance in blood circulation due to mechanical obstruction of the blood supply
  • Armenian: արյունարգելություն (aryunargelutʻyun) — local disturbance in blood circulation due to mechanical obstruction of the blood supply
  • Basque: iskemia — local disturbance in blood circulation due to mechanical obstruction of the blood supply
  • Catalan: isquèmia — local disturbance in blood circulation due to mechanical obstruction of the blood supply
  • Chinese Mandarin: 缺血 (quēxuè) — local disturbance in blood circulation due to mechanical obstruction of the blood supply
  • Czech: ischémie — local disturbance in blood circulation due to mechanical obstruction of the blood supply
  • Danish: iskæmi — local disturbance in blood circulation due to mechanical obstruction of the blood supply
  • Dutch: ischemie — local disturbance in blood circulation due to mechanical obstruction of the blood supply
  • Esperanto: iskemio — local disturbance in blood circulation due to mechanical obstruction of the blood supply
  • Estonian: isheemia — local disturbance in blood circulation due to mechanical obstruction of the blood supply
  • Finnish: iskemia — local disturbance in blood circulation due to mechanical obstruction of the blood supply
  • French: ischémie — local disturbance in blood circulation due to mechanical obstruction of the blood supply
  • German: Ischämie — local disturbance in blood circulation due to mechanical obstruction of the blood supply
  • Greek: ισχαιμία (ischaimía) — local disturbance in blood circulation due to mechanical obstruction of the blood supply
  • Hebrew: איסכמיה — local disturbance in blood circulation due to mechanical obstruction of the blood supply
  • Hindi: स्थानिक अरक्तता (sthānik araktatā) — local disturbance in blood circulation due to mechanical obstruction of the blood supply
  • Hungarian: iszkémia — local disturbance in blood circulation due to mechanical obstruction of the blood supply
  • Icelandic: blóðþurrð — local disturbance in blood circulation due to mechanical obstruction of the blood supply
  • Ido: iskemio — local disturbance in blood circulation due to mechanical obstruction of the blood supply
  • Indonesian: iskemia — local disturbance in blood circulation due to mechanical obstruction of the blood supply
  • Interlingua: ischemia — local disturbance in blood circulation due to mechanical obstruction of the blood supply
  • Italian: ischemia — local disturbance in blood circulation due to mechanical obstruction of the blood supply
  • Japanese: 虚血 (kyoketsu) — local disturbance in blood circulation due to mechanical obstruction of the blood supply
  • Kazakh: ишемия (işemiä) — local disturbance in blood circulation due to mechanical obstruction of the blood supply
  • Korean: 허혈 (heohyeol) — local disturbance in blood circulation due to mechanical obstruction of the blood supply
  • Kyrgyz: ишемия (işemiya) — local disturbance in blood circulation due to mechanical obstruction of the blood supply
  • Mongolian: цус багадах (cus bagadax) — local disturbance in blood circulation due to mechanical obstruction of the blood supply
  • Norwegian Bokmål: iskemi — local disturbance in blood circulation due to mechanical obstruction of the blood supply
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: iskemi — local disturbance in blood circulation due to mechanical obstruction of the blood supply
  • Persian: ایسکمی — local disturbance in blood circulation due to mechanical obstruction of the blood supply
  • Polish: niedokrwienie — local disturbance in blood circulation due to mechanical obstruction of the blood supply
  • Polish: ischemia — local disturbance in blood circulation due to mechanical obstruction of the blood supply
  • Portuguese: isquemia — local disturbance in blood circulation due to mechanical obstruction of the blood supply
  • Romanian: ischemie — local disturbance in blood circulation due to mechanical obstruction of the blood supply
  • Russian: ишеми́я (išemíja) — local disturbance in blood circulation due to mechanical obstruction of the blood supply
  • Serbo-Croatian: исхе́мија — local disturbance in blood circulation due to mechanical obstruction of the blood supply
  • Serbo-Croatian: ishémija — local disturbance in blood circulation due to mechanical obstruction of the blood supply
  • Spanish: isquemia — local disturbance in blood circulation due to mechanical obstruction of the blood supply
  • Thai: การขาดเลือดเฉพาะที่ — local disturbance in blood circulation due to mechanical obstruction of the blood supply
  • Turkish: iskemi — local disturbance in blood circulation due to mechanical obstruction of the blood supply
  • Ukrainian: ішемі́я (išemíja) — local disturbance in blood circulation due to mechanical obstruction of the blood supply
  • Urdu: اقفار — local disturbance in blood circulation due to mechanical obstruction of the blood supply
  • Uzbek: ishemiya — local disturbance in blood circulation due to mechanical obstruction of the blood supply
  • Vietnamese: thiếu máu cục bộ — local disturbance in blood circulation due to mechanical obstruction of the blood supply