Dictionary entry

Coronary

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Cor″o‐na‐ry (k?r″?–n?–r?), a. [L. coronarius: cf. F. coronaire.] 1. Of or pertaining to a crown; forming, or adapted to form, a crown or garland. “Coronary thorns.” Bp. Pearson.

The catalogue of coronary plants is not large in Theophrastus.

Sir T. Browne.

2. (Anat.) Resembling, or situated like, a crown or circlet; as, the coronary arteries and veins of the heart.