Infarction Meaning
/ɪnˈfɑːk.ʃən/Definition, CEFR level C2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounThe process which causes an infarct.
nounAn infarct (an area of ischemic necrosis).
Sentence Examples
I had a myocardial infarction.
The patient is recovering after a myocardial infarction.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The patient suffered a myocardial ____, blocking blood flow to the heart.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
A myocardial ____, commonly known as a heart attack, can cause permanent damage to the muscle.
Word Origin & History
Borrowed from Latin infarctiō, equivalent to infarct + -ion.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"But we can no longer regard the mere fact of these diffuse condensations of the lung becoming yellow and caseous as an evidence of their tuberculous nature, especially since the pathological anatomists, and among them Virchow, have shown that formations of the most different kind, having not the slightest connection with tubercule— as, for example, old cancerous masses, lymphatic glands swollen by a hyperplasia of cells, hæmorrhagical infarctions, abscesses, &c.— undergo exactly the same caseous transformation."
— 1868, Felix von Niemeyer, J. L Parke, Clinical Lectures on Pulmonary Phthisis, Moorhead, Simpson & Bond, page 3:
"Once stroke was classified by a risk factor-free method, the stronger relationship between hypertension and lacunar versus nonlacunar infarction patients disappeared."
— 2016 March 3, “Comparison of Risk Factor between Lacunar Stroke and Large Artery Atherosclerosis Stroke: A Cross-Sectional Study in China”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The patient suffered a myocardial ____, blocking blood flow to the heart.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
A myocardial ____, commonly known as a heart attack, can cause permanent damage to the muscle.