Ischemia Definition

ĭ-skēmē-ə
noun
A lack of blood supply in an organ or tissue.
Webster's New World
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Other Word Forms of Ischemia

Noun

Singular:
ischemia
Plural:
ischemias

Origin of Ischemia

  • New Latin ischaemia from Greek iskhaimos a stopping of the blood iskhein to keep back segh- in Indo-European roots haima blood

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Ancient Greek ἴσχω (iskhō), ἰσχάνω (iskhanō, “to hold”) + αἷμα (haima, “blood”).

    From Wiktionary

Ischemia Sentence Examples

  • Late manifestations may include angina pectoris, myocardial ischemia, myocardial infarction, congestive heart failure and severe mitral regurgitation.

  • Reduced myocardial ischemia has been observed in patients treated with statins.

  • Hence angioplasty is rarely an approach for these patients until critical limb ischemia develops.

  • The resulting low cardiac output can cause hypotension, renal insufficiency and/or acute hepatic ischemia.

  • For this discussion, it's especially noteworthy that vitamin E may have direct beneficial effects against cardiac ischemia [5] .

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Words Starting With

IISISC

Words Ending With

AIAMIA

Unscrambles

ischemia

Words Starting With I and Ending With A

Starts With I & Ends With AStarts With IS & Ends With AStarts With I & Ends With IA

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8 Letter Words8 Letter Words Starting With I8 Letter Words Ending With A