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ISCHAEMIA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does ischaemia mean?
• ISCHAEMIA (noun)
The noun ISCHAEMIA has 1 sense:
1. local anemia in a given body part sometimes resulting from vasoconstriction or thrombosis or embolism
Familiarity information: ISCHAEMIA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Local anemia in a given body part sometimes resulting from vasoconstriction or thrombosis or embolism
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Synonyms:
ischaemia; ischemia
Hypernyms ("ischaemia" is a kind of...):
anaemia; anemia (a deficiency of red blood cells)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "ischaemia"):
ischaemic stroke; ischemic stroke (the most common kind of stroke; caused by an interruption in the flow of blood to the brain (as from a clot blocking a blood vessel))
TIA; transient ischemic attack (brief episode in which the brain gets insufficient blood supply; symptoms depend on the site of the blockage)
Derivation:
ischaemic (relating to or affected by ischemia)
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