infarct

Borrowed from Latin īnfarctus, tu-stem derivation of īnfarciō.

• IPA^(key): /ɪnˈfɑɹkt/

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infarct (plural infarcts)

1. (pathology) An area of dead tissue caused by a loss of blood supply; a localized necrosis.
   • 2015 December 10, “The Long-Term Consumption of Ginseng Extract Reduces the Susceptibility of Intermediate-Aged Hearts to Acute Ischemia Reperfusion Injury”, in PLOS ONE‎^[1], →DOI:

     After RSE treatment for 90 days, there was no comparable fibrosis in noninfarct and infarct regions.

• infarce

• frantic, infract

Borrowed from Latin īnfarctus.

• IPA^(key): /ɪnˈfɑrkt/

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• Hyphenation: in‧farct

infarct n (plural infarcten, diminutive infarctje n)

1. (pathology) infarct

• “infarct” in Woordenlijst Nederlandse Taal – Officiële Spelling, Nederlandse Taalunie. [the official spelling word list for the Dutch language]
• infarct on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^nl

Borrowed from French infarctus or German Infarkt.

infarct n (plural infarcte)

1. heart attack