infarction

See also: infraction

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin infarctiō.

Noun

infarction (countable and uncountable, plural infarctions)

1. (pathology) The process which causes an infarct.
2. (pathology) An infarct (an area of ischemic necrosis).^[1]

Derived terms

• cerebral infarction
• cryoinfarction
• infarctional
• macroinfarction
• microinfarction
• myocardial infarction
• postinfarction
• preinfarction
• pseudoinfarction
• reinfarction

 

Related terms

• infarctive

 

Translations

the process which causes an infarct

• French: infarctus (fr) m
• Hungarian: érelzáródás okozta szövetelhalás
• Korean: 경색 형성 (gyeongsaek hyeongseong)
• Polish: zawał (pl) m

infarct — see infarct

Anagrams

• infraction