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myocardial infarction

Definitions

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  • noun cardiology, pathology Necrosis of heart muscle caused by an interruption to the supply of blood to the heart, often as a result of coronary thrombosis.

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  • noun destruction of heart tissue resulting from obstruction of the blood supply to the heart muscle

Etymologies

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From Late Latin infarctus + French myocarde < from Greek ἔμφραγμα (obstacle) του (οφ) μυοκαρδίου (heart muscle)

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synonyms (2)

Words with the same meaning

  1. cardiac infarction
  2. heart attack

hypernyms (2)

Words that are more generic or abstract

  1. infarct
  2. infarction

cross-references (2)

Cross-references

  1. angina pectoris
  2. heart failure

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