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noun

Coronary n.

A small bone in the foot of a horse.

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

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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... case of the late much lamented John Hunter, and from the appearances after death, the case seems to have been of this kind, complicated with vertigo and consequent affection of the stomach. The remote cause seems to have arisen from ossifications of the coronary arteries; and the immediate cause of his death from fixed spasm of the heart. Other histories and dissections are still required to put this matter out of doubt; as it is possible, that either a fixed spasm of the diaphragm, or of the heart, ...

— Zoonomia, Vol. II - Or, the Laws of Organic Life • Erasmus Darwin

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Words linked to "Coronary" : coronary artery, thrombosis, coronary artery bypass graft, coronary heart disease, coronary-artery disease, minimally invasive coronary bypass surgery, right coronary artery, coronary thrombosis, coronary insufficiency, port-access coronary bypass surgery, heart attack, coronary sinus