coronary
noun/ˈkɒrənri/
/ˈkɔːrəneri/
(informal) (medical coronary thrombosis)
- a blocking of the flow of blood by a blood clot in an artery supplying blood to the heart
- He had collapsed and died of a massive coronary.
Word Originmid 17th cent. (in the sense ‘resembling a crown’): from Latin coronarius, from corona ‘wreath, crown’.
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