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8 letters · 15 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun local anemia in a given body part sometimes resulting from vasoconstriction or thrombosis or embolism
originFrom 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.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0
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- maches 13
- miches 13
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- simcha 13
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