coronary occlusion

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   occlusion of a coronary artery caused either by progressive atherosclerosis or by a blood clot

   Broadercoronary heart diseaseocclusion

Questions about coronary occlusion

What does coronary occlusion mean?

coronary occlusion means "occlusion of a coronary artery caused either by progressive atherosclerosis or by a blood clot".

Is coronary occlusion a common word?

coronary occlusion 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.