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Infarct   Listen
noun
Infarct  n.  
1.
(Med.) An obstruction or embolus in one of the blood vessels.
2.
(Med.) The morbid condition of a limited area resulting from such obstruction; also, the localized necrotic (dead) tissue resulting from such obstruction; as, a hemorrhagic infarct.





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"Infarct" Quotes from Famous Books



... to the epigastrium, especially in children. The patient is often nervous, restless and sleepless. In simple endocarditis emboli rarely occur. If they do, of course the signs will be in the part in which the infarct occurs. Besides the diminished intensity of the apex beat and its greater diffusion, the valve sounds may be muffled, and sooner or later there may be systolic murmurs over the different orifices. ...
— DISTURBANCES OF THE HEART • OLIVER T. OSBORNE, A.M., M.D.


Words linked to "Infarct" :   myocardial infarct, infarction, pathology, mi


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