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ISCHAEMIC
Definition of ISCHAEMIC
adjective
British English spelling of ischemic.
adjective
Characteristic 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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Word DNA
ISCHAEMIC inherits its ancestry from its root, ISCHEMIA.
Line of descent
- Ancient Greek
- Latin
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.2%
of traced words share this origin (9,517)
branch · 12.2% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, ISCHEMIA · 4 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
ISCHAEMIC in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 140, 7 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 17 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 140, 7 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ISCHAEMIC starts with I and ends with C. Sorted, its letters read ACCEHIIMS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I and C appear more than once.
Words that start ISCHAE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found ISCHAEMIC?
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