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Coronary

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Coronary (from Latin Corona, meaning 'Crown') may, as shorthand in English, be used to mean:

  • Coronary circulation, the system of arteries and veins in mammals
  • Coronary artery disease
  • A myocardial infarction, a heart attack

    • As adjective

  • Referring to the work of a Coroner, a person entitled to investigate deaths
  • Referring to a Corona, the outermost atmosphere of a star
  • Mistakenly to a Cornea, part of a mammalian eye.

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    Coronary Wikipedia
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