FreeScrabbleDictionary

ischemia

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
15
Words With Friends
16
Letters
8
Pronunciation
/ɪˈskiː.mi.ə/
See all 4 pronunciations
/ɪˈskiː.mi.ə/ · /ɪˈski.mi.ə/ · /ɪˈskiː.mi.aɪ/ · /ɪˈski.mi.aɪ/

Definition of ischemia

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (US, countable, uncountable)Local disturbance in blood circulation due to mechanical obstruction of the blood supply (for example, embolism, thrombosis, or vasoconstriction).
    “Coordinate term: hypoperfusion”

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

Etymology

From New Latin ischaemia, from Ancient Greek ἴσχαιμος (ískhaimos, “stoppage of blood flow”), from ῐ̓́σχω (ĭ́skhō, “to hold back, restrain; to stay, stop”) + αἷμᾰ (haîmă, “blood”). The plural form ischemiae is also from New Latin ischaemiae.

Words you can make from ischemia

151 playable · top: CHAMISE (14 pts)

Best play chamise 14 points

7-letter words

1 word

6-letter words

14 words

5-letter words

27 words

4-letter words

51 words

3-letter words

39 words

2-letter words

18 words

Hooks

1 extension · 1 back

A single letter you can add to ischemia to make another valid word.

Back

Find your best play with ischemia

See every word you can make from a set of letters that includes ischemia, or browse word lists you can mine for high-scoring plays.

Find more plays Browse word lists