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Coronary (k?rˈ?-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.

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    The catalogue of coronary plants is not large in Theophrastus. Sir T. Browne.

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    2. (Anat.) Resembling, or situated like, a crown or circlet; as, “the coronary arteries and veins of the heart”.

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Coronary, n.
    1. A small bone in the foot of a horse.

    [Webster 1913 Suppl.]


    2. Informal shortening of coronary thrombosis, also used informally to mean heart attack.

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