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Coronary
Cor′o-na-ry
(k?r′?-n?-r?)
, Adj.
[L.
coronarius
: cf. F. coronaire
.] 1.
Of or pertaining to a crown; forming, or adapted to form, a crown or garland.
“Coronary thorns.” Bp. Pearson.
The catalogue of
coronary
plants is not large in Theophrastus. Sir T. Browne.
2.
(Anat.)
Resembling, or situated like, a crown or circlet;
as, the
. coronary
arteries and veins of the heartWebster 1828 Edition
Coronary
CORONARY
,Adj.
Coronary vessels, in anatomy, certain vessels which furnish the substance of the heart with blood.
Coronary arteries, two arteries which spring from the aorta, before it leaves the pericardium, and supply the substance of the heart with blood.
Coronary vein, a vein diffused over the exterior surface of the heart, receiving the blood from the heart.
Stomachic coronary, a vein inserted into the trunk of the splenic vein, which, by uniting with the mesenteric, forms the vena porta.
Definition 2024
coronary
coronary
English
Adjective
coronary (comparative more coronary, superlative most coronary)
- (obsolete) Pertaining to a crown or garland.
- Bishop Pearson
- The coronary thorns did not only express the scorn of the imposers by that figure into which they were contrived, but did also pierce his tender and sacred temples to a multiplicity of pains, by their numerous acuminations.
- Sir Thomas Browne
- The catalogue of coronary plants is not large in Theophrastus.
- Bishop Pearson
- (anatomy) Encircling something (like a crown), especially with regard to the arteries or veins of the heart.
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Translations
Noun
coronary (plural coronaries)
- A coronary thrombosis or heart attack.
- Manny had a coronary last week, followed by a triple bypass.
- A small bone in the foot of a horse.
Translations
coronary thrombosis
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