coronary

CEFRB2

/ˈkɔɹənɛɹi/

adjective · noun

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01
adjective
Related to the blood vessels that supply the heart.
02
adjective
Extra detail
Any of the coronary vessels; a coronary artery or coronary vein.

Examples

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

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Extra meanings

Encircling something (like a crown), especially with regard to the arteries or veins of the heart.
Pertaining to a crown or garland.

Extra meaning

In context

Manny had a coronary last week, followed by a triple bypass.
The catalogue of coronary plants is not large in Theophrastus.
The coronary thorns did not only express the scorn of the imposers by that figure into which they were contrived, but did also pierce his tender and sacred temples to a multiplicity of pains, by their numerous acuminations.

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The coronary thorns did not only express the scorn of the imposers by that figure into which they were contrived, but did also pierce his tender and sacred temples to a multiplicity of pains, by their numerous acuminations.
1659, John Pearson, Exposition of the Creed
The catalogue of coronary plants is not large in Theophrastus.
1684, Thomas Browne, Of Garlands and Coronary Plants
Before each crisis I mentioned, we first experienced what could be called a “mild” heart attack, alerting us that we had gone to extremes and stripped away buffers that had protected us from catastrophic failure. In each case, though, we did not take that warning seriously enough — and in each case the result was a full global coronary.
2020 May 30, Thomas L. Friedman, “How We Broke the World”, in New York Times

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From Latin corōnārius, from corōna (“crown”).