INFARCT


Meaning of INFARCT in English

[ 'ɪnfα:kt , ɪn'fα:kt ]

■ noun Medicine a small localized area of dead tissue resulting from failure of blood supply.

Origin

C19: from mod. L. ~us , from infarcire 'stuff into or with'.

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