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ischaemia (iou)



ischaemia noun. Also *ischemia. L19.
[mod. Latin, from Greek iskhaimos stopping blood, from iskhein hold + haima blood: see -IA1.]
Medicine. Orig., the stanching of bleeding. Now only, local anaemia; deficiency of blood supply to (part of) an organ.
ischaemic adjective pertaining to or characterized by ischaemia (transient ischaemic attack: see TRANSIENT adjective 1) L19.
ischaemically adverb by, or as a result of, ischaemia M20.