Myocardial-infarction
noun, Pathology.
1.
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Abbreviation: MI.
noun
1.
destruction of an area of heart muscle as the result of occlusion of a coronary artery Compare coronary thrombosis
myocardial infarction n.
Abbr. MI
Necrosis of a region of the myocardium caused by an interruption in the supply of blood to the heart, usually as a result of occlusion of a coronary artery. Also called cardiac infarction.
myocardial infarction
(mī’ō-kär’dē-əl)
See heart attack.
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