coronary artery

US/ˌkɔːr.ə.ner.i ˈɑːr.t̬ɚ.i/

noun

An artery arising from aorta.

Similar
arteria coronaria

Meanings

nouncoronary artery (plural coronary arteries)

plural coronary arteries

  1. anatomyAn artery arising from aorta.

Synonyms & antonyms

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

Similar
arteria coronaria
Broader
arteryarteriaarterial blood vessel

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Chinese Mandarin 冠狀動脈 /冠状动脉
  • 冠狀動脈 /冠状动脉 (guānzhuàng dòngmài)artery
Czech věnčitá tepna
  • věnčitá tepnaartery
Dutch kransslagader
  • kransslagaderartery
Finnish sepelvaltimo
  • sepelvaltimoartery
French coronaire, artère coronaire
  • coronaireartery
  • artère coronaireartery
German Koronararterie
  • Koronararterieartery
Greek στεφανιαία αρτηρία
  • στεφανιαία αρτηρία (stefaniaía artiría)artery
Hebrew עורק כלילי
  • עורק כלילי (orék klilí)artery
Hindi हृद्धमनि
  • हृद्धमनि (hŕddhamni)artery
Irish artaire corónach
  • artaire corónachartery
Italian arteria coronaria, coronaria
  • arteria coronariaartery
  • coronariaartery
Japanese 冠動脈
  • 冠動脈 (kandōmyaku)artery
Korean 관동맥, 관상동맥
  • 관동맥 (gwandongmaek)artery
  • 관상동맥 (gwansangdongmaek)artery
  • 심장동맥 (simjangdongmaek)artery
Norwegian Bokmål kransarterie
  • kransarterieartery
Polish tętnica wieńcowa
  • tętnica wieńcowaartery
Portuguese coronária
  • coronáriaartery
Russian корона́рная арте́рия, вене́чная арте́рия
  • корона́рная арте́рия (koronárnaja artɛ́rija)artery
  • вене́чная арте́рия (venéčnaja artɛ́rija)artery
Spanish arteria coronaria
  • arteria coronariaartery
Swahili mshipa wa moyo
  • mshipa wa moyoartery
Swedish kranskärl, kransartär
  • kranskärlartery
  • kransartärartery
Vietnamese động mạch vành
  • động mạch vànhartery
Cite this entry
APA

coronary artery. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/coronary%20artery

MLA

“coronary artery.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/coronary%20artery. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “coronary artery,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/coronary%20artery.

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