coronary
adjective/ˈkɒrənri/
/ˈkɔːrəneri/
(medical)- relating to the heart, particularly the arteries that take blood to the heart
- coronary (heart) disease
- a coronary patient (= somebody who has coronary disease)
Oxford Collocations DictionaryCoronary is used with these nouns:- bypass
Word Originmid 17th cent. (in the sense ‘resembling a crown’): from Latin coronarius, from corona ‘wreath, crown’.
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