infarction
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Related to infarction: myocardial infarction, stroke, Lacunar Infarction, pulmonary infarction, watershed infarction
infarction
a localized area of tissue that is dying or dead, having been deprived of its blood supply because of an obstruction
Not to be confused with:
infraction – breach; violation; infringement: infraction of the rules; in medicine, an incomplete fracture of a bone
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in·farc·tion
(ĭn-färk′shən)n.
1. The formation or development of an infarct.
2. An infarct.
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infarction
(ɪnˈfɑːkʃən)n
1. (Pathology) the formation or development of an infarct
2. (Pathology) another word for infarct
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in•farc•tion
(ɪnˈfɑrk ʃən)n.
1. the formation of an infarct.
2. an infarct.
[1680–90]
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infarction
a condition in which a localized area of muscular tissue is dying or dead owing to insufficient supply of blood, as occurs in a heart attack.
See also: Heart-Ologies & -Isms. Copyright 2008 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.
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| Noun | 1. | infarction - localized necrosis resulting from obstruction of the blood supply MI, myocardial infarct, myocardial infarction - destruction of heart tissue resulting from obstruction of the blood supply to the heart muscle pathology - any deviation from a healthy or normal condition |
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Translations
infarction
n (Med)
(= dead tissue) → Infarkt m
(= forming of dead tissue) → Infarktbildung f
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infarction
n infarto, acción f y efecto de un infarto; acute myocardial — infarto agudo de miocardioEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.