English
infarct
Infarct comes from Latin īnfarctus ‘infarction’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEīnfarctus‘infarction’
- Englishearliest quotation 2015infarct
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEīnfarctus‘infarction’
- Englishearliest quotation 2015infarct
Earliest quotation: 2015: “After RSE treatment for 90 days, there was no…”
Every English word from Latin īnfarctus
Today it means
noun An area of dead tissue caused by a loss of blood supply; a localized necrosis.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin īnfarctus / infarct