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Coronary refers to the arteries supplying blood to the heart, or a heart attack caused by their blockage.
means An adjective describing the arteries that wrap around and feed blood to the heart muscle itself, or, as a noun, a heart attack caused by a blockage in them.
from From Latin 'coronarius,' meaning 'of a crown,' from 'corona' (crown or wreath). The arteries earned the name because they encircle the heart like a crown resting on top of it — anatomists looking at the heart saw that ring of vessels and reached for the royal image. 'Coronary' as shorthand for a heart attack is a 20th-century clipping of 'coronary thrombosis,' the clot in those crown-shaped vessels.
- name origin
- Latin for crown, since the arteries encircle the heart
- common misuse
- people say it meaning heart attack, it is not one
- actual meaning
- relating to arteries that feed the heart muscle itself
- blockage result
- starve the heart long enough and that becomes the headline