infarct

(in'farkt) [L. in far cire, to stuff.] An area of coagulation necrosis resulting from the arrest of circulation in the artery supplying the part. ane'mic i., pale i. calca'reo us i., a deposit of calcium salts in the connective ti ue, hemorrhag'ic i., red i. pale i., a whitish, bloodle area of necrosis caused by arrest of circulation in the terminal artery, or resulting from decolorization of a hemorrhagic i. red i., an area, red in color and swollen, the seat of hemorrhagic infiltration.