coronary artery

noun

, Anatomy.

either of two arteries that originate in the aorta and supply the heart muscle with blood.

coronary artery

either of two arteries branching from the aorta and supplying blood to the heart

coronary artery

Either of two arteries that originate in the aorta and supply blood to the muscular tissue of the heart.

First recorded in 1735–45; so called from its crownlike envelopment of the heart

Dr. Ornish became famous in the 1990s for showing reversal of coronary artery disease using a very low-fat, near-vegetarian diet.

And of course he could always have coronary artery disease, even though he's a skinny guy.

In one case Powell90 found a small aneurism of the coronary artery in an ulcer of the lesser curvature of the stomach.

When you had the heart model over at the hospital, you showed me the coronary artery, you remember?

The stomach is removed, dividing of course the coronary artery and vein and the left gastro-epiploic artery.

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