noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation:/ɪˈskiː.mi.ə/
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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.
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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
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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