See Also: Infarction(medicine)
Infarction(health)
infarction(dictionary)
Myocardial infarction(health)
cardiac infarction(medicine)
cerebral infarction(medicine)
splenic infarction(medicine)
watershed infarction(medicine)
myocardial infarction(medicine)
through-and-through myocardial infarction(medicine)

infarction (iou)



infarction noun. L17.
[formed as INFARCT + -ION.]
Medicine. Orig., congestion or (vascular) obstruction. Now, the death of tissues due to the blocking of (esp. the arterial) blood supply. Also, an infarct.