noun
- plural of infarction; areas of tissue death caused by inadequate blood supply
Usage: medical
Examples
- The patient had suffered multiple small infarctions in the brain.
- Heart attacks are myocardial infarctions affecting the heart muscle.
- The MRI revealed several infarctions in the kidney tissue.
- Stroke patients often show infarctions in brain imaging.
- The doctor explained that infarctions occur when blood flow is blocked.
- Silent infarctions can happen without obvious symptoms.