Disease or Syndrome
cerebral infarction
ce·re·bral in·farc·tion [ suh-ree-bruhl, ser-uh- in-fahrk-shuhn ]
Subclass of:
Brain Infarction
Definitions related to cerebral infarction:
  • A type of stroke caused when a blood vessel that supplies blood to the brain is blocked by a blood clot.
    Harvard Dictionary of Health Terms
    Harvard Medical Publishing, 2011
  • An ischemic condition of the brain, producing a persistent focal neurological deficit in the area of distribution of the cerebral arteries.
    NCI
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • The formation of an area of NECROSIS in the CEREBRUM caused by an insufficiency of arterial or venous blood flow. Infarcts of the cerebrum are generally classified by hemisphere (i.e., left vs. right), lobe (e.g., frontal lobe infarction), arterial distribution (e.g., INFARCTION, ANTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY), and etiology (e.g., embolic infarction).
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2025
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