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noun
Necrosis of heart muscle caused by an interruption to the supply of blood to the heart, often as a result of coronary thrombosis.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: cardiology, medicine, pathology, sciences
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Synonyms: cardiac infarction, heart attack
Antonyms: none provided
noun
destruction of heart tissue resulting from obstruction of the blood supply to the heart muscle
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: myocardial infarct, MI
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: infarct, infarction
History
From Late Latin infarctus + French myocarde < from Greek ἔμφραγμα (obstacle) του (of) μυοκαρδίου (heart muscle).
