Dictionary of Cancer Terms
View in Spanish: Tiempo de isquemia tibia
Warm ischemia time (… is-KEE-mee-uh …)
In surgery, the time a tissue, organ, or body part remains at body temperature after its blood supply has been reduced or cut off but before it is cooled or reconnected to a blood supply.
Source: National Cancer Institute Dictionary of Cancer Terms, available at www.cancer.gov/dictionary.