ischemic

comparative more ischemic · superlative most ischemic · alternative UK ischaemic · alternative obsolete ischæmic

1. medicineCharacteristic of, or accompanied by, ischemia — localised anaemia due to mechanical obstruction of the blood supply, creating a local disturbance in blood circulation.

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   Dr. Salazar was a fast talker, devoid of personality. Lolly's vitals had stabilised, she said. Her stroke was ischemic, caused by a clot rather than a rupture. She'd come in exhibiting classic symptoms: weakness on her left side, double vision, aphasia. "What's aphasia?" I said. "A disconnect between what the patient's trying to say and what's being communicated. For instance, Louella thinks to herself, I'm thirsty. I want more ice chips. But when she verbalises it, it comes out as gibberish."

   2008, Wally Lamb, The Hour I First Believed, Ch.3, at p.59

   Antonyms: intraischemic, microischemic, nonischemic