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]

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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]

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coronary adj : surrounding like a crown (especially of the blood vessels surrounding the heart); "coronary arteries"

noun

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

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Coronary \Cor"o*na*ry\, n. A small bone in the foot of a horse.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

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.

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 heart.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)