infarct

English

Etymology

From Latin īnfartus, participial form of īnfarciō (“stuff into”).

Noun

infarct (plural infarcts)

(pathology) An area of dead tissue caused by a loss of blood supply; a localized necrosis.

Derived terms

infarction

Related terms

infarce

Translations

area of dead tissue

Albanian: infarkti
Bulgarian: инфаркт m (infárkt)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 梗塞 (zh) (gěngsè)
Czech: infarkt (cs) m
Dutch: infarct (nl)
Estonian: infarkt
Finnish: infarkti (fi), kudoskuolio
French: infarctus (fr)
German: Infarkt (de) m
Greek: εμβολή (el) f (emvolí)
Hebrew: אוטם‎ m
Hungarian: infarktus (hu)

Ido: infarkto (io)
Indonesian: infarsi
Italian: infarto (it)
Japanese: 梗塞 (こうそく, kōsoku)
Korean: 경색 (ko) (gyeongsaek)
Norwegian: infarkt
Portuguese: infarto (pt), enfarte (pt)
Russian: инфа́ркт (ru) m (infárkt)
Spanish: infarto (es)
Swedish: infarkt (sv)
Urdu: احتِشاء‎
Vietnamese: nhồi máu

Anagrams

frantic, infract

Dutch

Pronunciation

Audio (file)
Hyphenation: in‧farct

Noun

infarct n (plural infarcten, diminutive infarctje n)

infarct

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