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| cor·o·nar·y [ káwrə nèrree ] |
noun (plural cor·o·nar·ies) |
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1. medicine
Same as coronary thrombosis
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2. med
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informal
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Same as heart attack (sense 1)
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adjective |
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1. supplying or draining blood from heart: describes the arteries that supply blood to the muscle tissue of the heart, or the veins that take blood away from it
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2. involving coronary arteries and veins: relating to disease of the coronary arteries and veins, and conditions associated with it
  coronary care
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| [Early 17th century. < Latin coronarius "crown shaped" < corona "crown"] |
