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Impaction vs Infarction - What's the difference?

impaction | infarction |

As nouns the difference between impaction and infarction

is that impaction is compression; the packing together of loose matter while infarction is (pathology) the process which causes an infarct.

impaction

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • compression; the packing together of loose matter
  • something packed together tightly; a mass of densely-packed matter
  • (medicine) a solid, immobile bulk of stool

    • infarction

    English

    (wikipedia infarction)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (pathology) The process which causes an infarct.
  • (pathology) An infarct.

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