[ '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'.
[ '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'.
Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004