infarction

See also: infraction

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin infarctiō, equivalent to infarct +‎ -ion.

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
• German: Infarzierung f
• Hungarian: érelzáródás okozta szövetelhalás
• Korean: 경색 형성 (gyeongsaek hyeongseong)
• Polish: zawał (pl) m

infarct — see infarct

Anagrams

• infraction