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coronario

coronary

adjective koh-roh-NAH-ryoh Rare
Body & Health Medicine

Origin: From Latin coronarius, from corona (crown), referring to the crown-like arrangement of arteries around the heart.

Usage Note

Coronario is used almost exclusively in medical contexts, most often in the phrase infarto coronario or enfermedad coronaria. It agrees in gender: arteria coronaria (f), vaso coronario (m). Outside cardiology it is rarely encountered, unlike English 'coronary', which has a colloquial use as a noun ('he had a coronary').

Examples

"El cirujano realizó una operación coronaria."

Natural Translation

The surgeon performed a coronary operation.

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