ischaemia

See also: ischæmia

English

Noun

ischaemia (countable and uncountable, plural ischaemias or ischaemiae) (British spelling)

1. (cardiology, pathology) Alternative spelling of ischemia

Derived terms

• myocardial ischaemia

Latin

Etymology

Derived from Ancient Greek ἴσχαιμος (ískhaimos, “stopping of blood”) (itself a compound of ῐ̓́σχω (ískhō) and αἷμᾰ (haîma)) and Ancient Greek -ίᾱ (-íā).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /isˈkʰae̯.mi.a/, [ɪs̠ˈkʰäe̯miä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /isˈke.mi.a/, [isˈkɛːmiä]

Noun

ischaemia f (genitive ischaemiae); first declension

1. (New Latin) ischaemia

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	ischaemia	ischaemiae
genitive	ischaemiae	ischaemiārum
dative	ischaemiae	ischaemiīs
accusative	ischaemiam	ischaemiās
ablative	ischaemiā	ischaemiīs
vocative	ischaemia	ischaemiae

Descendants

• → English: ischaemia, ischemia
• → Italian: ischemia
• → Russian: ишеми́я (išemíja)