心しん筋きん梗こう塞そく

noun

myocardial infarction; heart attack

Medical term for a heart attack caused by blockage of a coronary artery. In everyday Japanese, 心臓発作 is also used for heart attack, but 心筋梗塞 specifically refers to myocardial infarction.

• 父ちちは心しん筋きん梗こう塞そくで入にゅう院いんした。

  My father was hospitalized due to a myocardial infarction.

• 心しん筋きん梗こう塞そくの予よ防ぼうには、食しょく生せい活かつの改かい善ぜんが重じゅう要ようだ。

  Improving one's diet is important for preventing myocardial infarction.