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Definition: Coronary |
CoronaryAdjective1. Surrounding like a crown (especially of the blood vessels surrounding the heart); "coronary arteries". Noun1. Obstruction of blood flow in a coronary artery by a blood clot (thrombus). Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "coronary" was first used: 1610. (references) |
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Health | Encircling in the manner of a crown; a term applied to vessels; nerves, ligaments, etc. The term usually denotes the arteries that supply the heart muscle and, by extension, a pathologic involvement of them. (references) |
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Synonym: CoronarySynonym: coronary thrombosis (n). (additional references) |
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Screenplays | Homer, I'm afraid you'll have to undergo a coronary bypass operation. (The Simpsons; writing credit: Artur Brauner; Paul Hengge) | |
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 | This photo of cardiovascular syphilis shows coronary artery stenosis, a feature of late syphilis. The ostia of both coronary arteries are markedly stenosed. Note the "tree-bark" effect in the intimal lining of the aorta just superior to the aortic valve. Credit: CDC. |  | Aorta has been removed to show thickened, fused aortic valve leaflets and opened coronary arteries from above. Autopsy. Credit: CDC. |
 | A specially equipped ambulance linked by radio to the coronary care unit of a hospital. / WHO/Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast photo. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |  | ... autopsy specimens of coronary arteries ... / WHO p. Credit: National Library of Medicine; photo by Tibor Farkas.. |
 | International Comparisons : Trends and Determinants of Coronary Heart Disease Mortality / National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute [et.al.]. Credit: National Library of Medicine. | ||
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Health | Coronary heart disease and stroke have many causes. (references) | |
Angina means that there is underlying coronary heart disease. (references) | ||
X-rays of its distribution show the coronary arteries and their narrowing. (references) | ||
Business | The Argentine female death rate due to coronary illnesses is said to be the highest in all the Americas. (references) | |
Heart and coronary diseases account for 31 percent of the approximately 300,000 annual deaths in Argentina. (references) | ||
Among these products are disposable surgical supplies, rental fees for surgical equipment, bone cement injection equipment for orthopedic surgery, trocar for endoscopy, certain products for percutaneous coronary artery stenting, syringes and needles. (references) | ||
Economic History | Hong Kong | Hong Kong's 6.9 million population in 2000 will increase to 7.3 million by 2006. Those aged 65 and above, which constituted about 11 percent of the population in 2000, will rise to about 13 percent in 2016. As a result, there has been an increase in disease patterns and related drugs towards chronic ailments, such as stroke, diabetes and coronary heart disease. (references) |
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| "Coronary" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 98.85% of the time. "Coronary" is used about 521 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 98.85% | 515 | 11,788 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.77% | 4 | 175,879 |
| Noun (singular) | 0.19% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Noun (common) | 0.19% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 521 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "coronary": Coronary Aneurysm ♦ Coronary Angiography ♦ Coronary Arteriosclerosis ♦ coronary artery ♦ Coronary Artery Bypass ♦ coronary artery bypass graft ♦ coronary artery disease ♦ Coronary bone ♦ coronary bypass ♦ coronary bypass surgery ♦ coronary care unit ♦ Coronary Care Units ♦ Coronary Circulation ♦ Coronary cushion ♦ Coronary Disease ♦ coronary failure ♦ Coronary heart disease ♦ coronary insufficiency ♦ coronary occlusion ♦ Coronary Primary Prevention Trial ♦ coronary sinus ♦ coronary thrombosis ♦ Coronary Vasospasm ♦ coronary vessel ♦ Coronary Vessel Anomalies ♦ Coronary Vessels ♦ left coronary artery ♦ minimally invasive coronary bypass surgery ♦ right coronary artery. Additional references. | |
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Beginning with "coronary": coronary-artery disease, coronary-prone. | |
Containing "coronary": Internal Mammary-Coronary Artery Anastomosis. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "coronary"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | قلبي (cordial, hearty, inner), إكليلي, شريان تاجي. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | коронарен, венечен (alveolar). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 状. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | vìnèitý. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | coronarius, coronar-, coronar, kransåre-, krans-. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | coronair. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | تاج مانند. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | verisuoni (blood-vessel, vein). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | coronaire (coronal). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | koronar. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | στεφανιαίος (coronal, coronary artery, limbic). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | כלילי. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | szívinfarktus (heart attack), koszorúszerû. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | coronario, coronarico. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 状 . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | か"じょう (aboard a warship, allowance, annulation, calculation, consideration, counting, defending soldier, emotion, feeling, letter of commendation, reckoning, ring-forming, sentiment, settlement of an account, tubular). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 관상 동맥. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | coroanaght, coroanagh. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | oronarycay coronário, coronária, coronário. (various references) коронарный, венечный (coronal, narrow-leaved). (various references) koronarni. (various references) coronario (coronary artery). (various references) kransliknande. (various references) tromboz (thrombosis), taç gibi saran, taç şeklinde, koroner, kâlp atardamarında kanın pıhtılaşması, kâlp atardamarı ile ilgili. (various references) коронарний. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | coronarius. (various references) |
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Derivations | |
Words ending with "coronary": postcoronary. (additional references) | |
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"Coronary" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: cornery, corolary, coronarium, coronor, coronory, corornary, Crogary, cronary, kronar. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "coronary" (pronounced kô"rune'rē) |
| 6 | -r u n e' r ē | veterinary. |
| 5 | -u n e' r ē | bicentenary, cardiopulmonary, cautionary, centenary, concessionary, confectionary, confectionery, counterrevolutionary, culinary, deflationary, dictionary, disciplinary, discretionary, disinflationary, diversionary, evolutionary, exclusionary, expansionary, expeditionary, extraordinary, functionary, illusionary, imaginary, inflationary, interdisciplinary, luminary, mercenary, missionary, noninflationary, ordinary, preliminary, probationary, pulmonary, reactionary, recessionary, revolutionary, seminary, stationary, stationery, urinary, visionary. |
| 4 | -n e' r ē | quaternary. |
| 3 | -e' r ē | actuary, adversary, ancillary, apothecary, arbitrary, aviary, beneficiary, Blackberry, blueberry, budgetary, capillary, Cassowary, cemetery, cometary, commentary, commissary, Constabulary, contemporary, corollary, cranberry, customary, depositary, Dewberry, dietary, dignitary, Dogberry, dromedary, dysentery, emissary, epistolary, estuary, fiduciary, formulary, fragmentary, funerary, gooseberry, hackberry, hereditary, honorary, Huckleberry, interplanetary, involuntary, itinerary, judiciary, lapidary, legendary, library, literary, military, momentary, monastery, monetary, mortuary, mulberry, necessary, nonmilitary, obituary, paramilitary, pecuniary, pituitary, planetary, primary, proprietary, raspberry, Rosemary, salutary, sanctuary, sanitary, savagery, secondary, secretary, sedentary, semilegendary, solitary, statuary, strawberry, subsidiary, temporary, Tilbury, topiary, tributary, undersecretary, unitary, unnecessary, unsanitary, vocabulary. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-n-o-o-r-r-y" | |
-1 letter: carryon. | |
-2 letters: arroyo, corona, crayon, racoon, rancor. | |
-3 letters: acorn, carny, carry, corny, crony, croon, cyano, narco, racon, rayon. | |
-4 letters: arco, carn, carr, cony, coon, corn, cory, cyan, narc, nary, orca, orra, racy, roan, roar, yarn. | |
-5 letters: any, arc, can, car, cay, con, coo, cor, coy, cry, nay, noo, nor, oar, oca, ora, orc, ran, ray. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-n-o-o-r-r-y" | |
+3 letters: hydrocarbon, rancorously. | |
+4 letters: chronography, confirmatory, consecratory, conservatory, contemporary, gerontocracy, hydrocarbons, postcoronary. | |
+5 letters: carnivorously, chronotherapy, concretionary, contradictory, incorporeally. | |
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