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infarction

noun
/ɪnˈfɑːk.ʃən/UK/ɪnˈfɑɹk.ʃən/US

Etymology

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

  1. borrowed from infarctiō

Definitions

  1. The process which causes an infarct.

  2. An infarct (an area of ischemic necrosis).

    • Once stroke was classified by a risk factor-free method, the stronger relationship between hypertension and lacunar versus nonlacunar infarction patients disappeared.

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Derived

cerebral infarction, cryoinfarction, infarctional, macroinfarction, microinfarction, myocardial infarction, periinfarction, postinfarction, preinfarction, pseudoinfarction, reinfarction

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