infarction

Thân thiện

A doctor points to an area of infarction on a patient's heart scan.

Definition

Noun: - Localized tissue death due to blocked blood flow: An infarction is the death of tissue (necrosis) in a specific area of the body, caused by an obstruction that cuts off the blood supply to that area.

Usage

The term is most commonly used in a medical context to describe the event and the resulting area of dead tissue. It is often specified by the organ affected. - The patient was diagnosed with a myocardial infarction. (This specifies a heart attack, where heart muscle tissue dies.) - A CT scan revealed a small cerebral infarction. (This specifies a stroke caused by a blocked blood vessel in the brain.) - The blockage in the artery led to an infarction of the kidney. (This describes tissue death in the kidney.)

Advanced Usage

• "To infarct" (verb, less common): The process of causing or undergoing infarction.
  • The clotted vessel began to infarct the surrounding tissue.
• "Infracted" (adjective): Describing tissue that has undergone infarction.
  • The surgeon removed the infracted segment of the bowel.

Variants and Related Words

• Infarct (noun): A synonym for infarction, often used to refer specifically to the area of dead tissue itself.
  • The MRI showed an old infarct in the frontal lobe.
• Ischemia (noun): Refers to the inadequate blood supply to an organ or part, which, if severe and prolonged, leads to infarction.

Synonyms

• Necrosis: General term for cell or tissue death.
• Stroke (when referring to cerebral infarction).
• Heart attack (when referring to myocardial infarction).

Related Phrases / Collocations

• Myocardial infarction (MI): The medical term for a heart attack.
• Cerebral infarction: The medical term for an ischemic stroke.
• Acute infarction: A recent or sudden-onset infarction.
• Silent infarction: An infarction that occurs without obvious symptoms.

Học thuật

Noun

1. localized necrosis resulting from obstruction of the blood supply

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