coronary artery

1. 1.

   the artery that branches from the aorta to supply blood to the heart

   Synonymsarteria coronaria

   Broaderartery

   Narroweratrial arteryright coronary arteryleft coronary artery

   Part ofheart

Questions about coronary artery

What does coronary artery mean?

coronary artery means "the artery that branches from the aorta to supply blood to the heart".

What is another word for coronary artery?

Close synonyms include arteria coronaria. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is coronary artery a common word?

coronary artery is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.