ISCHEMIA

[is.che.mia] n [NL ischaemia, fr. ischaemus styptic, fr. Gk ischaimos, fr. ischein to restrain (akin to Gk echein to hold) + haima blood--more at scheme] (ca. 1860): localized tissue anemia due to obstruction of the inflow of arterial blood -- is.che.mic adj