Ischemia is the medical term for what happens when your heart muscle doesn't get enough oxygen. Ischemia usually happens because of a shortage of blood and oxygen to the heart muscle.It is usually caused by a narrowing or blockage of one or more of the coronary arteries (which supply blood to the heart muscle).schemia is the medical term for what happens when your heart muscle doesn't get enough oxygen. Ischemia usually happens because of a shortage of blood and oxygen to the heart muscle.
The slug is a unit of mass associated with Imperial units and United States customary units. It is a mass that accelerates by 1 ft/s 2 when a force of one pound (lbF) is exerted on it.
Freebase(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: Slugs. Slugs, muerte viscosa is a 1988 American horror film based on the novel Slugs by Shaun Hutson. It was banned in the Australian state of Queensland until the early 1990s when the Queensland Censorship Board was disbanded.