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infarction Definition:
- Infarction is tissue death caused by a reduction stoppage in blood flow due to artery blockages, mechanical compression, rupture, or vasoconstriction. There may be ischemia, a slowing of blood flow, or hemorrhage, a rupture of an artery causing bleeding. The resulting lesion is referred to as an infarct .
| Infarction (n.) The act of stuffing or filling |
| myocardial infarction / myocardial infarct / MI destruction of heart tissue resulting from obstruction of the blood supply to the heart muscle |
| infarct / infarction localized necrosis resulting from obstruction of the blood supply |
infarction Synonyme:
| infarction bar barrier blank wall blind alley blind gut block blockade blockage bottleneck cecum choking choking off clog congestion constipation costiveness cul-de-sac dead end embolism embolus gorge impasse impediment infarct jam obstacle obstipation obstruction sealing off stop stoppage strangulation |