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infarction

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • ĭnfärkʹshən
  • Received-Pronunciation: /ɪnˈfɑːk.ʃən/
  • General-American: /ɪnˈfɑɹk.ʃən/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: IH2 N F AA1 R K SH AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

The process which causes an infarct.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: medicine, pathology, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

An infarct (an area of ischemic necrosis).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: medicine, pathology, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

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: infarct

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: pathology

Narrower terms: myocardial infarction, myocardial infarct, MI

History

Etymology

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

Across languages

Translations

5 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • French: infarctus — the process which causes an infarct
  • German: Infarzierung — the process which causes an infarct
  • Hungarian: érelzáródás okozta szövetelhalás — the process which causes an infarct
  • Korean: 경색 형성 (gyeongsaek hyeongseong) — the process which causes an infarct
  • Polish: zawał — the process which causes an infarct