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Of or pertaining to a crown; forming, or adapted to form, a crown or garland.

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  1. a. Of or pertaining to a crown; forming, or adapted to form, a crown or garland.
  2. a. Resembling, or situated like, a crown or circlet; as, the coronary arteries and veins of the heart.
  3. n. A small bone in the foot of a horse.
  4. n. Informal shortening of coronary thrombosis, also used generally to mean heart attack.
  5. adj. surrounding like a crown (especially of the blood vessels surrounding the heart)
  6. n. obstruction of blood flow in a coronary artery by a blood clot (thrombus)
  7. 1. Of or pertaining to a crown; ferming, 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. A small bone in the foot of a horse.
  8. Resembling, or situated like, a crown or circlet; as, thecoronary arteries and veins of the heart.
  9. j:98/n:2 a. surrounding like a crown (especially of the blood vessels surrounding the heart)