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infarction Path.|ɪnˈfɑːkʃən|
[n. of action from L. infarcīre: see prec.]
The action of stuffing up or condition of being stuffed up, obstruction; concr. the substance with which a vessel or other part is stuffed up, or a portion of tissue thus affected (= infarct n.). Now usually restricted to morbid conditions of the tissues resulting from obstruction of the circulation, as by an embolus.
1689G. Harvey Curing Dis. by Expect. iv. 19 The Humours..will be compacted into..most obstinate Infarctions. 1710T. Fuller Pharm. Extemp. 334 They..expedite pulmonary Infarctions. 1747tr. Astruc's Fevers 114 The plenitude and infarction of the capillary arteries. 1822–34Good's Study Med. (ed. 4) IV. 290 Infarction of the abdominal viscera. 1885–8Fagge & Pye-Smith Princ. Med. (ed. 2) I. 181 Infarctions of the spleen are..not infrequently found after death from enteric fever. |