The medical term for a heart attack is abbreviated as a(n) ________.

Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).


MI

A myocardial infarction (MI) is the medical term for heart attack. If any of the coronary arteries become blocked, the blood supply to a part of the heart muscle is cut off (ischemia), and those cells supplied by that artery die (infarction) within minutes. This is a myocardial infarction (MI) or a heart attack. The term myocardial deconstructs into the suffix -al meaning pertaining to, root/combining form my/o- meaning muscle, and root -cardi- meaning heart. The term infarction deconstructs into the suffix -ion meaning process, prefix in- meaning in, and root -farct- meaning stuff.

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