infarct
nounAn area of tissue that undergoes necrosis as a result of obstruction of local blood supply, as by a thrombus or embolus.
nounIn pathology, that which stuffs; the substance of an infarction.
nounAn obstruction or embolus in one of the blood vessels.
nounThe morbid condition of a limited area resulting from such obstruction; also, the localized necrotic (dead) tissue resulting from such obstruction.
nounan
localized necrosis resulting from obstruction of the blood supply
