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infarction

noun/ɪnˈfɑːkʃn/

C1CEFR level
68/100Rarity: rare
TechnicalRegister

Tissue death (necrosis) caused by a sustained interruption of its blood supply.

Persistent ST elevation confirmed a transmural myocardial infarction of the anterior wall.

Topic: Cardiology in Medical English

Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.

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