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infarct

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • /ɪnˈfɑɹkt/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

An area of dead tissue caused by a loss of blood supply; a localized necrosis.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: medicine, pathology, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

localized necrosis resulting from obstruction of the blood supply

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: infarction

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: pathology

Narrower terms: myocardial infarction, myocardial infarct, MI

History

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin īnfarctus, tu-stem derivation of īnfarciō.

Across languages

Translations

35 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: infarkti — area of dead tissue
  • Azerbaijani: infarkt — area of dead tissue
  • Bulgarian: инфа́ркт (infárkt) — area of dead tissue
  • Catalan: infart — area of dead tissue
  • Chinese Mandarin: 梗塞 (gěngsè) — area of dead tissue
  • Czech: infarkt — area of dead tissue
  • Dutch: infarct — area of dead tissue
  • Estonian: infarkt — area of dead tissue
  • Finnish: infarkti — area of dead tissue
  • Finnish: kudoskuolio — area of dead tissue
  • French: infarctus — area of dead tissue
  • Galician: infarto — area of dead tissue
  • German: Infarkt — area of dead tissue
  • Greek: εμβολή (emvolí) — area of dead tissue
  • Hebrew: אוטם — area of dead tissue
  • Hungarian: infarktus — area of dead tissue
  • Hungarian: (érelzáródás miatt) elhalt szövet — area of dead tissue
  • Ido: infarkto — area of dead tissue
  • Indonesian: infarsi — area of dead tissue
  • Indonesian: infark — area of dead tissue
  • Italian: infarto — area of dead tissue
  • Japanese: 梗塞 (kōsoku) — area of dead tissue
  • Korean: 경색 (gyeongsaek) — area of dead tissue
  • Norwegian: infarkt — area of dead tissue
  • Persian: اَنفارکتوس (anfârktus) — area of dead tissue
  • Polish: zawał — area of dead tissue
  • Portuguese: infarto — area of dead tissue
  • Portuguese: enfarte — area of dead tissue
  • Russian: инфа́ркт (infárkt) — area of dead tissue
  • Spanish: infarto — area of dead tissue
  • Swedish: infarkt — area of dead tissue
  • Turkish: enfarktüs — area of dead tissue
  • Ukrainian: інфа́ркт (infárkt) — area of dead tissue
  • Urdu: احتِشاء — area of dead tissue
  • Vietnamese: nhồi máu — area of dead tissue