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infarction
Nov. 27th, 2024 07:36 aminfarction (in-FAHRK-shuhn) - (med.) n., an area of necrotic (dead) tissue as a result of obstruction of local blood supply by a thrombus (clot) or embolus (bubble), an infarct; the process of forming an infarct.
Best known in lay society through myocardial infarction, the technical term for a heart attack -- where in this case, the necrotic tissue is the myocardium aka heart muscle. (If enough heart muscle dies, it can't keep up with the pumping and eventually goes boom.) First used in the 1680s, from Medical Latin, from the past participle of īnfarcīre, to cram, variant of īnfercīre, from in-, in + fercīre, to stuff -- so initially the physicians were more focused on the blockage than the tissue death it caused.
I'm off for the rest of the week due to Stateside holidays -- back Monday with a theme week. Shocking, I know.
---L.
Best known in lay society through myocardial infarction, the technical term for a heart attack -- where in this case, the necrotic tissue is the myocardium aka heart muscle. (If enough heart muscle dies, it can't keep up with the pumping and eventually goes boom.) First used in the 1680s, from Medical Latin, from the past participle of īnfarcīre, to cram, variant of īnfercīre, from in-, in + fercīre, to stuff -- so initially the physicians were more focused on the blockage than the tissue death it caused.
I'm off for the rest of the week due to Stateside holidays -- back Monday with a theme week. Shocking, I know.
---L.
