Of or pertaining to a crown; forming, or adapted to form, a crown or garland.
Resembling, or situated like, a crown or circlet; as, the coronary arteries and veins of the heart.
Informal shortening of coronary thrombosis, also used informally to mean heart attack.
Something that is of, or relating to, the heart e.g., the coronary arteries supply blood to the muscles of the heart.
pertaining to blood vessels that serve the heart muscle; so-called because the coronary vessels encircle the heart like a corona.
adjective, Latin = crown, hence, encircling like a crown.
obstruction of blood flow in a coronary artery by a blood clot (thrombus)
surrounding like a crown (especially of the blood vessels surrounding the heart); "coronary arteries"
corona, korone, encircling in the manner of a crown). Arteries of the heart; also formerly left and right gastric arteries and veins.
1. Of or pertaining to vessels, nerves or attachments that encircle a part or an organ. 2. Pertaining to or involving the coronary arteries.
Related to the arteries that supply blood to the heart.
a term used to describe vessels, especially the arteries, of the heart.
Pertaining to the heart. Usually means the arteries that supply the heart muscle and any changes in artery structure or function caused by disease.
Structures that encircle another structure (such as the coronary arteries, which encircle the heart); commonly used to refer to a coronary thrombosis or a heart attack.
This word refers to the main arteries that supply blood to the heart-the coronary arteries. When coronary arteries are clogged, heart problems can develop.
Relating to the heart, or to one of the two arteries that originate in the aorta and supply blood directly to heart tissue.
The arteries that supply the heart muscle. In patients with angina one or more of the coronaries are narrowed, limiting the blood supply to (parts of) the heart. In myocardial infarction a coronary or one of its main branches suddenly becomes completely blocked, so that the blood supply to that part of the heart is cut off. Both angina and infarction cause severe pain, and an infarction may be life threatening.
refers to the arteries that supply the heart muscle with oxygen.
Also called a heart attack or myocardial infarction. It refers to the occlusion of a coronary artery from a blood clot or atherosclerotic debris. This results in death of part of the heart muscle. During the healing process, scar tissue forms in the area of damage. Recent medical advances can reduce muscle damage if treatment is instituted immediately.
Related to arteries that supply blood and nutrients to the heart.
Relating to the vessels of the heart.
the artery supplying the heart with oxygen-rich blood.