Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The formation or development of an infarct.
- noun An infarct.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The act of stuffing or filling; the condition of being stuffed; the substance with which something is stuffed or filled.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Med.) The act of stuffing or filling
- noun An infarct{2}.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun pathology The process which causes an
infarct - noun pathology An
infarct .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun localized necrosis resulting from obstruction of the blood supply
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Examples
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Coronary infarction is a major cause of death in most industrialized countries.
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Their serum cholesterol levels are five times higher than in healthy persons, and severe atherosclerosis and coronary infarction is seen already in adolescence, or even earlier.
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That’s very important, because one of the major problems for people suffering a myocardial infarction is that the heart is damaged and doesn’t pump blood nearly as well.
Stem Cells Repair Rats Hearts Damaged By Heart Attack | Impact Lab 2007
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A 2006 analysis of 138 randomized trials and almost 150 000 participants showed that selective COX-2 inhibitors are associated with a moderately increased risk of vascular events, mainly due to a twofold increased risk of myocardial infarction, that is heart attacks, and also that high-dose regimens of some traditional NSAIDs such as diclofenac and ibuprofen are associated with a similar increase in risk of vascular events.
Dr. Andrew Lange: What to Do About Arthritis, Part 2: Some Things You May Not Know About Treatment 2010
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A 2006 analysis of 138 randomized trials and almost 150 000 participants showed that selective COX-2 inhibitors are associated with a moderately increased risk of vascular events, mainly due to a twofold increased risk of myocardial infarction, that is heart attacks, and also that high-dose regimens of some traditional NSAIDs such as diclofenac and ibuprofen are associated with a similar increase in risk of vascular events.
Dr. Andrew Lange: What to Do About Arthritis, Part 2: Some Things You May Not Know About Treatment Dr. Andrew Lange 2010
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AMI: acute myocardial infarction, aka heart attack.
YOU The Smart Patient Michael F. Roizen 2006
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AMI: acute myocardial infarction, aka heart attack.
YOU The Smart Patient Michael F. Roizen 2006
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The AMI, acute myocardial infarction, which is a doctor's big word so they can charge you more money -- means a heart attack.
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The AMI, acute myocardial infarction, which is a doctor's big word so they can charge you more money -- means a heart attack.
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The AMI, acute myocardial infarction, which is a doctor's big word so they can charge you more money -- means a heart attack.
dailyword commented on the word infarction
This happened to House's right leg.
June 13, 2012