How to Say "infarction" in Spanish

The Spanish word for “infarction” is “infarto” — C1 level.

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infarto

nounC1formal

general medical term for tissue death

A simple cross-section illustration of biological tissue, where most of the tissue is healthy pink, but a distinct, wedge-shaped area is dark brown, representing necrosis or dead tissue.

Examples

El infarto cerebral es causado por la obstrucción de una arteria en el cerebro.

Cerebral infarction (stroke) is caused by the blockage of an artery in the brain.

Se diagnosticó un infarto renal en la biopsia.

A renal infarction was diagnosed in the biopsy.

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Related Translations

heart attack→myocardial infarction→

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