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Definition of coronary adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

coronary

adjective
 
/ˈkɒrənri/
 
/ˈkɔːrəneri/
(medical)
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  1. relating to the heart, particularly the arteries that take blood to the heart
    • coronary (heart) disease
    • a coronary patient (= somebody who has coronary disease)
    Topics Health problemsc2
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryCoronary is used with these nouns:
    • bypass
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    Word Originmid 17th cent. (in the sense ‘resembling a crown’): from Latin coronarius, from corona ‘wreath, crown’.
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