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Definition of Infarction
1. Noun. Localized necrosis resulting from obstruction of the blood supply.
Specialized synonyms: Mi, Myocardial Infarct, Myocardial Infarction
Generic synonyms: Pathology
Definition of Infarction
1. n. The act of stuffing or filling; an overloading and obstruction of any organ or vessel of the body; constipation.
Definition of Infarction
1. Noun. (pathology) The process which causes an infarct ¹
2. Noun. (pathology) An infarct. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Infarction
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Medical Definition of Infarction
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Infarction
Literary usage of Infarction
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Lifelong Passion: Nicholas and Alexandra: Their Own Story by Andrei Maylunas (2005)
"Based on these indexes dental health was significantly worse in patients with
acute myocardial infarction than in controls. The association remained valid ..."
2. A Textbook of Practical Medicine: With Particular Reference to Physiology by Felix von Niemeyer (1874)
"In the latter case haemorrhagic infarction would represent thrombus of those spaces
... If the infarction be a primary coagulation in the vessels and in the ..."
3. Second Report of the Expert Panel on Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of ...by Scott M. Grundy by Scott M. Grundy (1997)
"For cholesterol reduction, these savings include both hospital and ambulatory
costs associated with events such as myocardial infarction, ..."
4. Pain: Its Origin, Conduction, Perception and Diagnostic Significance by Richard Joseph Behan (1914)
"Renal Infarction.—In renal infarct pain is of great value in forming a ...
Should the embolus be infected, after the infarction has occurred there is a slow ..."
5. Differential Diagnosis and Treatment of Disease: A Text-book for by Augustus Caillé (1906)
"Pulmonary Infarction or Apoplexy Non-septic Infarction.—As a mechanical sequence
of embolism and thrombosis of a pulmonary vessel, we occasionally observe a ..."
6. Principles and Practice of Physical Diagnosis by John C. Da Costa (1919)
"The differentiation of acute edema of the lungs from infarction, pneumonia, and
pleurisy is detailed under these last-named subjects. (See pp 197, 203, ..."
7. Clinical Lectures on Subjects Connected with Medicine, Surgery, and Obstetrics by New Sydenham Society, Richard von Volkmann, N. Friedrich (1877)
"GENTLEMEN,—You had the opportunity during last session of seeing a considerable
number of cases of haemorrhagic infarction of the lung on the post-mortem ..."
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