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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. obstruction of blood flow in a coronary artery by a blood clot (thrombus);
[syn: coronary thrombosis, coronary]


ADJECTIVE (1)

1. surrounding like a crown (especially of the blood vessels surrounding the heart);
- Example: "coronary arteries"


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Coronary \Cor"o*na*ry\, n. 1. A small bone in the foot of a horse. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] 2. Informal shortening of coronary thrombosis, also used informally to mean heart attack. [PJC]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Coronary \Cor"o*na*ry\ (k?r"?-n?-r?), a. [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. [1913 Webster] The catalogue of coronary plants is not large in Theophrastus. --Sir T. Browne. [1913 Webster] 2. (Anat.) Resembling, or situated like, a crown or circlet; as, the coronary arteries and veins of the heart. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

coronary adj 1: surrounding like a crown (especially of the blood vessels surrounding the heart); "coronary arteries" n 1: obstruction of blood flow in a coronary artery by a blood clot (thrombus) [syn: coronary thrombosis, coronary]