Myocardial infarction

noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Necrosis of heart muscle caused by an interruption to the supply of blood to the heart, often as a result of coronary thrombosis.
  2. 2
    destruction of heart tissue resulting from obstruction of the blood supply to the heart muscle wordnet

Etymology

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

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