adjective of or relating to the human heart, with respect to health.
Medicine/Medical pertaining to the arteries that supply the heart tissues and originate in the root of the aorta. encircling like a crown, as certain blood vessels. of or like a crown.
noun, plural cor·o·nar·ies.
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Examples from the Web for coronary Contemporary Examples of coronary His face turned red from the effort and for a moment I thought he might be having a coronary .
In 2005, DOC paid $37,244 for one coronary bypass surgery and $32,897 for one kidney transplant surgery.
Dr. Ornish became famous in the 1990s for showing reversal of coronary artery disease using a very low-fat, near-vegetarian diet.
He was found at autopsy to have severe hardening of his coronary arteries.
Of these deaths, coronary heart disease—the narrowing of the arteries that feed the heart—accounts for more than half the deaths.
Historical Examples of coronary Guarding this opening is the coronary valve or valve of Thebesius.
It terminates in the coronary cushion and the sensitive laminæ.
Attention should then be given to the flap of skin and coronary cushion.
In these cases the coronary arteries share in the generalized arteriosclerotic process.
In many cases sclerosis of the coronary arteries as a part of general arteriosclerosis has been found.
British Dictionary definitions for coronary adjective anatomy designating blood vessels, nerves, ligaments, etc, that encircle a part or structure
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Word Origin for coronary C17: from Latin corōnārius belonging to a wreath or crown; see corona
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Word Origin and History for coronary adj. c.1600, "suitable for garlands," from Latin coronarius "of a crown," from corona "crown" (see crown (n.)). Anatomical use is 1670s for structure of blood vessels that surround the heart like a crown. Short for coronary thrombosis it dates from 1955. Coronary artery is recorded from 1741.
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Medicine definitions for coronary adj. Of, relating to, or being the coronary arteries or coronary veins.
Of or relating to the heart.
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Science definitions for coronary Relating to or involving the heart.
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Culture definitions for coronary
coronary [(kor -uh-ner-ee, kawr -uh-ner-ee)]
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