coronary artery

American  

noun

Anatomy.

1. either of two arteries that originate in the aorta and supply the heart muscle with blood.

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coronary artery British  

noun

1. either of two arteries branching from the aorta and supplying blood to the heart

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coronary artery Scientific  

1. Either of two arteries that originate in the aorta and supply blood to the muscular tissue of the heart.

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Etymology

Origin of coronary artery

First recorded in 1735–45; so called from its crownlike envelopment of the heart

Example Sentences

Increasingly, people are opting, too, for a simple, relatively affordable test: a coronary artery calcium scan, or CAC.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026

Cardiologists favor this approach to stress testing to exclude coronary artery disease because it is relatively inexpensive, it is noninvasive and it yields a good deal of information about the structure of the heart.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 10, 2026

To examine how well current tools perform, the researchers conducted a retrospective review of 474 patients younger than 66 who had no known coronary artery disease.

From Science Daily • Nov. 27, 2025

Guitron was born with an anomaly in the aortic portion of the left coronary artery, an extremely rare condition.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 17, 2025

Jean Miele’s advantage began with the people he was with on May 6, when the lining of his right coronary artery ruptured, cutting off the flow of blood to his sixty-six-year-old heart.

From "Class Matters" by The New York Times