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myocardial infarction

noun

Etymology

From Late Latin infarctus + French myocarde < from Greek ἔμφραγμα (obstacle) του (of) μυοκαρδίου (heart muscle).

  1. derived from infarctus + French myocarde <

Definitions

  1. Necrosis of heart muscle caused by an interruption to the supply of blood to the heart,…

    Necrosis of heart muscle caused by an interruption to the supply of blood to the heart, often as a result of coronary thrombosis.

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