ischemia
English
WOTD – 29 September 2021
Etymology
An ischemia in the blood vessels of the foot, leading to cyanosis (“a blue discolouration of the skin”) in the toes.
From New Latin ischaemia, from Ancient Greek ἴσχαιμος (ískhaimos, “stoppage of blood flow”), from ῐ̓́σχω (ískhō, “to hold back, restrain; to stay, stop”) + αἷμᾰ (haîma, “blood”).[1]
The plural form ischemiae is also from New Latin ischaemiae.
Pronunciation
- Singular:
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɪˈskiː.mi.ə/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - (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
Noun
ischemia (countable and uncountable, plural ischemias or ischemiae) (American spelling)
- (cardiology, pathology) Local disturbance in blood circulation due to mechanical obstruction of the blood supply (for example, embolism, thrombosis, or vasoconstriction).
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Translations
local disturbance in blood circulation due to mechanical obstruction of the blood supply
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References
- “ischaemia | ischemia, n.”, in OED Online
, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, March 2020; “ischemia, n.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
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