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Definition of Ischemia
1. Noun. Local anemia in a given body part sometimes resulting from vasoconstriction or thrombosis or embolism.
Specialized synonyms: Ischaemic Stroke, Ischemic Stroke, Tia, Transient Ischemic Attack
Generic synonyms: Anaemia, Anemia
Derivative terms: Ischaemic, Ischemic
Definition of Ischemia
1. Noun. (context: pathology cardiology) Local disturbance in blood circulation due to mechanical obstruction of the blood supply (vasoconstriction, thrombosis or embolism). ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Ischemia
1. a type of anemia [n -S] : ISCHEMIC [adj] - See also: anemia
Medical Definition of Ischemia
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Ischemia
Literary usage of Ischemia
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Diseases of the Kidneys and of the Spleen, Hemorrhagic Diseases by Hermann Senator, Moritz Litten, Alfred Stengel (1905)
"We learn from physiology and experimental investigations that ischemia of the
... Pathologically, the most interesting forms are ischemia from asphyxia, ..."
2. Text-book of general and special pathology for students and practitioners by Henry Turner Brooks (1915)
"ischemia is caused by local obstruction of the flow of blood clue to ...
ischemia occurs as a result of contraction, organic change of the vessel wall, ..."
3. Manual of pathology: Including Bacteriology, the Technic of Postmortems, and by William Michael Late Coplin (1900)
"If the ischemia be temporary, there will be but slight interference with function ;
if the process be slowly developed, a gradual lessening of function will ..."
4. A Manual of Operative Surgery by Lewis Atterbury Stimson (1878)
"ARTIFICIAL ischemia. Loss of blood during an operation upon a limb may be prevented
by pressure upon the main artery on the proximal side of the incision. ..."
5. Physical Activity and Health: A Report of the Surgeon General by Audrey F. Manley (1998)
"ischemia Clinical symptoms of atherosclerotic CHD occur when the heart muscle
... This oxygen shortage leads to ischemia in the heart muscle—that is, ..."
6. Diseases of the Kidneys and of the Spleen, Hemorrhagic Diseases by Hermann Senator, Moritz Litten, Alfred Stengel (1905)
"We learn from physiology and experimental investigations that ischemia of the
... Pathologically, the most interesting forms are ischemia from asphyxia, ..."
7. Text-book of general and special pathology for students and practitioners by Henry Turner Brooks (1915)
"ischemia is caused by local obstruction of the flow of blood clue to ...
ischemia occurs as a result of contraction, organic change of the vessel wall, ..."
8. Manual of pathology: Including Bacteriology, the Technic of Postmortems, and by William Michael Late Coplin (1900)
"If the ischemia be temporary, there will be but slight interference with function ;
if the process be slowly developed, a gradual lessening of function will ..."
9. A Manual of Operative Surgery by Lewis Atterbury Stimson (1878)
"ARTIFICIAL ischemia. Loss of blood during an operation upon a limb may be prevented
by pressure upon the main artery on the proximal side of the incision. ..."
10. Physical Activity and Health: A Report of the Surgeon General by Audrey F. Manley (1998)
"ischemia Clinical symptoms of atherosclerotic CHD occur when the heart muscle
... This oxygen shortage leads to ischemia in the heart muscle—that is, ..."
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