Associations to the word «Ischemia»

Wiktionary

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

Dictionary definition

ISCHEMIA, noun. Local anemia in a given body part sometimes resulting from vasoconstriction or thrombosis or embolism.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats