coronary Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun obstruction of blood flow in a coronary artery by a blood clot (thrombus)
    coronary thrombosis.
  2. adjective surrounding like a crown (especially of the blood vessels surrounding the heart)
    • coronary arteries

WordNet

Cor"o*na*ry adjective
Etymology
L. coronarius: cf. F. coronaire.
Definitions
  1. Of or pertaining to a crown; ferming, 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.
Cor"o*na*ry noun
Definitions
  1. A small bone in the foot of a horse.

Webster 1913