ModL < Gr ischaimos, stanching blood (< ischein, to hold + haima, blood: see scheme & hemo-) + -ia
ischemia in American English
(iˈskimiə)
noun
Pathology
local deficiency of blood supply produced by vasoconstriction or local obstacles to the arterial flow
Also: ischaemia
Derived forms
ischemic (iˈskimɪk, -ˈskemɪk)
adjective
Word origin
[1855–60; ‹ Gk ísch(ein) to suppress, check + -emia]This word is first recorded in the period 1855–60. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: barrage, output, pipeline, specialist, superheat-emia is a combining form occurring in compound words that denote a condition of the blood,as specified by the initial element. Other words that use the affix -emia include: abetalipoproteinemia, agammaglobulinemia, anhydremia, hyperbilirubinemia, toxemia