ISCHEMIA

ischemia, ischaemia

(noun) local anemia in a given body part sometimes resulting from vasoconstriction or thrombosis or embolism

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

ischemia (countable and uncountable, plural ischemias) (American spelling)

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

Source: Wiktionary



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REPLACEMENT

(noun) the act of furnishing an equivalent person or thing in the place of another; “replacing the star will not be easy”


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