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Infarct vs Infarce - What's the difference?

infarct | infarce |

As a noun infarct

is an area of dead tissue caused by a loss of blood supply; a localized necrosis.

As a verb infarce is

to stuff; to swell.

infarct

Noun

(en noun)
  • (pathology) An area of dead tissue caused by a loss of blood supply; a localized necrosis.
  • Derived terms

    * (l)

    Anagrams

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    infarce

    English

    Verb

    (infarc)
  • (obsolete) To stuff; to swell.
  • The body is infarced with watery humours. — Sir T. Elyot.
    (Webster 1913)