myocardial infarction

noun

Necrosis of heart muscle caused by an interruption to the supply of blood to the heart, often as a result of coronary thrombosis.

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cardiac infarctionheart attackmyocardial infarctMI
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Meanings

nounmyocardial infarction (plural myocardial infarctions)

plural myocardial infarctions · alternative myocardial infarct

  1. cardiologyNecrosis of heart muscle caused by an interruption to the supply of blood to the heart, often as a result of coronary thrombosis.

    Synonyms: cardiac infarction, heart attack

Synonyms & antonyms

nounNecrosis of heart muscle caused by an interruption to the supply of blood to the heart, often as a result of coronary thrombosis.

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cardiac infarctionheart attack

More synonyms by meaning

noundestruction of heart tissue resulting from obstruction of the blood supply to the heart muscle

Similar
myocardial infarctMI
Broader
infarctinfarction
Also see
heart attackmimyocardial infarct

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From Late Latin infarctus + French myocarde < from Greek ἔμφραγμα (obstacle) του (of) μυοκαρδίου (heart muscle).

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APA

myocardial infarction. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/myocardial%20infarction

MLA

“myocardial infarction.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/myocardial%20infarction. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “myocardial infarction,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/myocardial%20infarction.

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