noun / verb
infarct
IN-farkt/ˈɪnˌfɑrkt/
Tissue killed by a blocked blood supply, or to undergo such tissue death.
The blocked artery leaves a pale infarct downstream in the heart muscle.
Etymology
The pieces convey “stuffing into,” and infarct originally meant “that which stuffs.” The stuffing image connects with obstruction, while the selected medical sense names the resulting area of tissue killed by loss of blood supply.
In context
what we see here is a large region of endocardial inferior infarct
More examples
- Multiple infarcts damage the kidney and reduce its function.
- Without restored blood flow, the affected tissue may infarct.
- The surgeon removes the infarcted section of the bowel.
Forms
infarct · infarcts · infarcted · infarcting
infarction noun — Tissue death caused by blocked blood supply.