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Definition of Coronary artery
1. Noun. The artery that branches from the aorta to supply blood to the heart.
Generic synonyms: Arteria, Arterial Blood Vessel, Artery
Specialized synonyms: Atrial Artery, Right Coronary Artery, Left Coronary Artery
Group relationships: Heart, Pump, Ticker
Definition of Coronary artery
1. Noun. (anatomy) An artery arising from aorta. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Coronary artery
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Coronary Artery
Literary usage of Coronary artery
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Anatomy, Descriptive and Surgical by Henry Gray (1901)
"It surrounds the branches of the coronary .artery at the back of the heart, and
its filaments are distributed with those vessels to the muscular substance ..."
2. Monographic Medicine by William Robie Patten Emerson, Guido Guerrini, William Brown, Wendell Christopher Phillips, John Whitridge Williams, John Appleton Swett, Hans Günther, Mario Mariotti, Hugh Grant Rowell (1916)
"... may lead to death from rupture or it may be accidentally discovered at autopsy.
6. Aneurism of the coronary artery Aneurism of the coronary arteries is ..."
3. The Practitioner by Gale Group, ProQuest Information and Learning Company (1901)
"The left coronary artery was patulous in its proximal portion, ... Thr right
coronary artery laid open so as to make visible the masses of fibroid material ..."
4. A Lifelong Passion: Nicholas and Alexandra: Their Own Story by Andrei Maylunas (2005)
"Allograft coronary artery disease (CAD) is the major determinant of long-term
survival following heart transplantation (HTx). ..."
5. Anatomy, Descriptive and Surgical by Henry Gray (1883)
"It surrounds the branches of the coronary artery at the back of the heart, and
its filaments are distributed with those vessels to the muscular substance of ..."
6. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1870)
"On a Case of Death from Hemorrhage into the Pericardium, as a Result of Rupture
of one of three true and circumscribed Aneurisms of the coronary artery of ..."
7. Health Care Technology And Its Assessment In Eight Countries edited by H. David Banta (2004)
"coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) is a surgical procedure in which a grafted
vessel is placed between the aorta and a coronary artery to bypass a ..."