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Infarct(health)
infarct(dictionary)
infarct(medicine)
red infarct(medicine)
thrombotic infarct(medicine)
septic infarct(medicine)
white infarct(medicine)
pale infarct(medicine)
haemorrhagic infarct(medicine)

arcus cornealis (medicine) and infarct (iou)


arcus cornealis (medicine)


arcus cornealis


An opaque, grayish ring at the periphery of the cornea just within the sclerocorneal junction, of frequent occurrence in the aged; it results from a deposit of fatty granules in, or hyaline degeneration of, the lamellae and cells of the cornea.

Synonym: anterior embryotoxon, arcus adiposus, arcus juvenilis, arcus lipoides, arcus senilis, gerontoxon, linea corneae senilis, lipoidosis corneae.


infarct (iou)



infarct noun. L19.
[mod. Latin infarctus, from infarct- pa. ppl stem of infarcire stuff into or with, formed as IN-2 + farcire stuff.]
Medicine. An area of tissue affected by infarction; a region of dead tissue caused by the blocking of an artery or Other vessel. Also, an instance of (esp. myocardial) infarction.
infarcted adjective affected by infarction E19.