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Local anemia in a given body part sometimes resulting from vasoconstriction or thrombosis or embolism
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ischaemia
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WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. local anemia in a given body part sometimes resulting from vasoconstriction or thrombosis or embolism [syn: ischemia ]
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (obsolete spelling of ischemia English)
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
also ischemia , 1866 (but as far back as 1660s in form ischaimes ), from medical Latin ischaemia , from ischaemus "stopping blood," from Greek iskhaimos "stanching or stopping of blood," from iskhein "to hold" + haima "blood" (see -emia ). Related: Ischemic ...