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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Word of the Day

2 April 2025

COVERT

(adjective) secret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed; “covert actions by the CIA”; “covert funding for the rebels”


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Coffee Trivia

According to Guinness World Records, the most massive cup of coffee contained 22,739.14 liters and was created by Alcaldía Municipal de Chinchiná (Colombia) at Parque de Bolívar, Chinchiná, Caldas, Colombia, on 15 June 2019. Fifty people worked for more than a month to build this giant cup. The drink prepared was Arabic coffee.

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