infarction
🇺🇸
/ɪnˈfɑːrkʃn/
🇬🇧
/ɪnˈfɑːkʃn/
When a part of the body doesn't get enough blood, and the tissue there dies.
The doctor told him that he had a heart infarction, which meant part of his heart had died due to lack of blood.
醫生告訴他,他患有心肌梗死,這意味著他心臟的一部分因為缺乏血液而死亡。