infarction – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
infarction
n.
(Medicine) obstruction, blockage; infarct, area of dying or dead tissue
Infarction
Infarction is tissue death (
necrosis) caused by a local lack of oxygen, due to an obstruction of the tissue's
blood supply. The resulting lesion is referred to as an infarct (from the Latin
infarctus, "stuffed into").
infarction
Noun
1. localized necrosis resulting from obstruction of the blood supply
(synonym) infarct
(hypernym) pathology
(hyponym) myocardial infarction, myocardial infarct, MI
Infarction
(n.)
The act of stuffing or filling; an overloading and obstruction of any organ or vessel of the body; constipation.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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Infarction
Formation of an infarct. Also means the same as an infarct.
