infarction

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: in=farc=tion

CIDE DICTIONARY

infarction, n. [See Infarce.].

•  The act of stuffing or filling;  [1913 Webster]
•  An infarct{2}; as, a cardiac infarction.  [PJC]

THESAURUS

infarction

bar, barrier, blank wall, blind alley, blind gut, block, blockade, blockage, bottleneck, cecum, choking, choking off, clog, congestion, constipation, costiveness, cul-de-sac, dead end, embolism, embolus, gorge, impasse, impediment, infarct, jam, obstacle, obstipation, obstruction, sealing off, stop, stoppage, strangulation

ROGET THESAURUS

infarction

Closure

N closure, occlusion, blockade, shutting up, obstruction, embolus, contraction, infarction, constipation, obstipation, blind alley, blind corner, keddah, cul-de-sac, caecum, imperforation, imperviousness, impermeability, stopper, closed, shut, operculated, unopened, unpierced, imporous, caecal, closable, imperforate, impervious, impermeable, impenetrable, impassable, unpassable, invious, pathless, wayless, untrodden, untrod, unventilated, air tight, water tight, hermetically sealed, tight, snug.