Coronary

Quick meaning: Coronary is an adjective meaning (anatomy) Encircling something (like a crown), especially with regard to the arteries or veins of the heart.

Meaning

(anatomy) Encircling something (like a crown), especially with regard to the arteries or veins of the heart.

More Meanings

1. (anatomy, medicine) Any of the coronary vessels; a coronary artery or coronary vein.
2. (medicine) Ellipsis of coronary thrombosis.
3. A small bone in the foot of a horse.
4. (obsolete) Pertaining to a crown or garland.

Example Sentences

Manny had a coronary last week, followed by a triple bypass.

The catalogue of coronary plants is not large in Theophrastus.

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.

Before each crisis I mentioned, we first experienced what could be called a “mild” heart attack, alerting us that we had gone to extremes and stripped away buffers that had protected us from catastrophic failure. In each case, though, we did not take that warning seriously enough — and in each case the result was a full global coronary.

Word Forms

• coronaries

Related Words

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