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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Coronary \Cor"o*na*ry\, n. A small bone in the foot of a horse. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Coronary \Cor"o*na*ry\ (k?r"?-n?-r?), a. [L. coronarius: cf F. coronaire.] 1. Of or pertaining to a crown; forming, 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: coronary adj : surrounding like a crown (especially of the blood vessels surrounding the heart); "coronary arteries" n : obstruction of blood flow in a coronary artery by a blood clot (thrombus) [syn: {coronary thrombosis}]
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