ischemia
noun[U]
medicalspecialized(UKischaemia)us/ɪˈskiː.mi.ə/uk/ɪˈskiː.mi.ə/amedicalproblemin which there is not enoughbloodflowingto apartof thebody, usually because thearterieshavebecometoonarrow. It canleadto veryserioushealthconditions:
cerebral/myocardialischemia
Disorders & diseases of the heart & blood
- acquired agammaglobulinemia
- agammaglobulinemia
- agnogenic myeloid metaplasia
- angina
- anti-anaemia
- blood poisoning
- Ebstein's anomaly
- economy-class syndrome
- Eisenmenger syndrome
- endocarditis
- eosinophilia
- fur
- gangrene
- patent ductus arteriosus
- pericarditis
- peripheral vascular disease
- POEMS syndrome
- porphyria
- Raynaud's disease
- varicose vein