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Definition: Infarct |
InfarctNoun1. Localized necrosis resulting from obstruction of the blood supply. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Note: Infarct \In*farct"\, noun. [See Infarce.]. (Websters 1913) |
Synonym: InfarctSynonym: infarction (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Hindrance | Noun: prevention, preclusion, obstruction, stoppage; embolus, embolism; infarct; interruption, interception, interclusion; hindrance, impedition; retardment, retardation; embarrassment, oppilation; coarctation, stricture, restriction; restraint; inhibition; blockade; (closure). |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Infarct |
| English words defined with "infarct": myocardial infarct. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "infarct": Ventricular Remodeling. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Infarct" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses. Dutch (infarction). |
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
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Health | These areas of still-viable brain cells exist in a patchwork pattern within and around the area of dead brain tissue (also called an infarct). (references) | |
For example, a stroke patient with an infarct in the area of the brain responsible for facial recognition becomes unable to recognize faces, a syndrome called facial agnosia. (references) | ||
Ischemia is the term used to describe the loss of oxygen and nutrients for brain cells when there is inadequate blood flow. Ischemia ultimately leads to infarction, the death of brain cells which are eventually replaced by a fluid-filled cavity (or infarct) in the injured brain. (references) | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Infarct" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 96.61% of the time. "Infarct" is used about 59 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 96.61% | 57 | 44,859 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 1.69% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Noun (proper) | 1.69% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 59 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "infarct": cardiac infarct ♦ myocardial infarct. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "infarct": infarct-related. | |
Ending with "infarct": anti-infarct, multi-infarct, post-infarct. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
multi infarct dementia | 38 |
infarct | 31 |
lacunar infarct | 18 |
bone infarct | 15 |
myocardial infarct | 12 |
septal infarct | 7 |
anteroseptal infarct | 5 |
cerebral infarct | 5 |
infarct inferior | 4 |
infant infarct occipital | 4 |
anterior infarct | 4 |
heart infarct inferior | 3 |
brain infarct | 3 |
basal ganglia infarct | 3 |
infarct splenic | 3 |
cerebellar infarct | 3 |
acute in infarct medicine myocardial nuclear | 2 |
brainstem infarct | 2 |
infarct pulmonary | 2 |
watershed infarct | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "infarct"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | infarkt. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | سدادة (bung, gland, logjam, peg, plug, spigot, spile, stop, stopper), إحتشاء. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | инфаркт. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | infarkt (corollary, corollary thrombosis, heart attack). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | infarkt (infarction). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | infarct (infarction). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | infarctus cerebri haemorrhagicus (haemorrhagic infarct, haemorrhagic infarction, hemorrhagic infarct, hemorrhagic infarction), infarctus cerebellaris (cerebellar infarct, cerebellar infarction), verenvuotoinen aivoinfarkti (haemorrhagic infarct, haemorrhagic infarction, hemorrhagic infarct, hemorrhagic infarction), sydäninfarkti (cardiac infarction, heart attack, infarction of the myocardium, myocardial infarct, myocardial infarction), sepelvaltimon tukos (cardiac infarction, heart attack, infarction of the myocardium, myocardial infarct, myocardial infarction), pikkuaivoinfarkti (cerebellar infarct, cerebellar infarction), lakuunaoireyhtymä (lacuna, lacunar infarct, lacunar infarction). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | infarctus (cardiac infarction, infarcted area, infarction, infarction of the myocardium, myocardial infarct, myocardial infarction). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | infarkt (coronary, infarction). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | έμφρακτο (cardiac infarction, heart attack, infarction of the myocardium, myocardial infarct, myocardial infarction), έμφραγμα (heart attack, infarction, plug), στρατιώτησ (soldier). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | אוטם לב. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | infarktus. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | infarto (cardiac infarction, coronary, heart attack, infarction, infarction of the myocardium, myocardial infarct, myocardial infarction). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | infarctay infarto (heart attack). (various references) инфаркт (heart attack). (various references) infarkt. (various references) infarto (coronary thrombosis, heart attack, infarction). (various references) infarkt (infarction), hjärtinfarkt (heart attack, myocardial infarction). (various references) บริเว"เนื้อตายเนื่องจากโลหิตอุ"ตัน. (various references) enfarktüs. (various references) інфаркт. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "infarct": infarcted, infarction, infarctions, infarcts. (additional references) | |
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"Infarct" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: anfract, inarck, infact, infart. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: frantic, infract. | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-f-i-n-r-t" | |
-1 letter: fracti. | |
-2 letters: actin, afrit, antic, cairn, craft, faint, farci, franc, infra, naric, riant, train, triac. | |
-3 letters: airn, airt, anti, cain, cant, carn, cart, fact, fain, fair, fart, fiar, fiat, firn, frat, frit, naif, narc, raft, rain, rani, rant, rift, tain, tarn. | |
-4 letters: act, aft, ain, air, ait, ani, ant, arc, arf, art, can, car. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-f-i-n-r-t" | |
+1 letter: crafting, fraction, infarcts, infracts. | |
+2 letters: fabricant, factoring, fornicate, fractions, furcating, furcation, infarcted, infracted, interface, kingcraft. | |
+3 letters: craftiness, fabricants, fascinator, fornicated, fornicates, fornicator, fractional, fractioned, fracturing, frictional, furcations, handicraft, infarction, infracting, infraction, interfaced, interfaces, kingcrafts, refracting, refraction, sanctifier, vociferant. | |
+4 letters: bifurcating, bifurcation, centrifugal, cofeaturing, confiscator, diffracting, diffraction, fabricating, fabrication, factorizing, fascinators, forecasting, fornicating, fornication, fornicators, fractionate, fractioning, frantically, franticness, functionary, handicrafts, infarctions, informatics, infractions, interfacial, interfacing, rarefaction, refractions, reification, rubefacient, sanctifiers, trafficking. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)49 6E 66 61 72 63 74 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).. -. ..-. .- .-. -.-. - |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001001 01101110 01100110 01100001 01110010 01100011 01110100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)I n f a r c t |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0049 006E 0066 0061 0072 0063 0074 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)43807267846986 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Quotations: Non-fiction 6. Usage Frequency 7. Expressions 8. Expressions: Internet | 9. Translations: Modern 10. Derivations 11. Anagrams 12. Orthography | 13. Bibliography |
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