different between ischemic vs ischemia

English

Alternative forms

• (UK) ischaemic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??ski?m?k/
• Rhymes: -i?m?k
• Hyphenation: is?che?mic

Adjective

ischemic (comparative more ischemic, superlative most ischemic)

1. (pathology) Characteristic of, or accompanied by, ischemia—local anaemia due to mechanical obstruction of the blood supply.

Antonyms

• intraischemic
• microischemic
• nonischemic

Derived terms

Translations

Romanian

Etymology

From French ischémique

Adjective

ischemic m or n (feminine singular ischemic?, masculine plural ischemici, feminine and neuter plural ischemice)

1. ischemic

Declension

English

Etymology

From New Latin ischaemia, from Ancient Greek ???????? (ískhaimos, “stoppage of blood flow”), from ?????? (ískh?), ?????? (iskhán?, “to hold back, restrain; to stay, stop”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *se??- (“to hold; to overcome”)) + ???? (haîma, “blood”) (possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *say- (“thick or viscous liquid”)).

The plural form ischemiae is also from New Latin ischaemiae.

Pronunciation

• Singular:
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??ski?.mi.?/
  • (General American) IPA^(key): /??ski.mi.?/
  • Rhymes: -i?mi?
  • Hyphenation: isch?e?mia
• Plural (ischemiae):
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??ski?.mi.a?/
  • (General American) IPA^(key): /??ski.mi.a?/
  • Hyphenation: isch?e?mi?ae

Noun

ischemia (countable and uncountable, plural ischemias or ischemiae) (American spelling)

1. (cardiology, pathology) Local disturbance in blood circulation due to mechanical obstruction of the blood supply (for example, embolism, thrombosis, or vasoconstriction).

Alternative forms

• ischaemia (Britain)
• ischæmia (Britain, obsolete)

Derived terms

Translations

References

Further reading

• ischemia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Italian

Noun

ischemia f (plural ischemie)

1. (pathology) ischaemia, ischemia

Derived terms

• ischemico