is·che·mi·a (ĭ-skē'mē-ə) n. A decrease in the blood supply to a bodily organ, tissue, or part caused by constriction or obstruction of the blood vessels.
[New Latin ischaemia, from Greek iskhaimos, a stopping of the blood : iskhein, to keep back; see segh- in Indo-European roots + haima, blood.] i·sche'mic adj.
Main Entry: isch·emia Variant: or chiefly Britishisch·ae·mia/is-'kE-mE-&/ Function: noun : localized tissueanemia due to obstruction of the inflow of arterial blood (as by the narrowing of arteries by spasm or disease) —isch·emicor chiefly Britishisch·ae·mic/-mik/adjective —isch·emi·cal·lyor chiefly Britishisch·ae·mi·cal·ly/-mi-k(&-)lE/adverb
ischemia is·che·mi·a (ĭ-skē'mē-ə) n. A decrease in the blood supply to a bodily organ, tissue, or part caused by constriction or obstruction of the blood vessels.