Phrase guide

coronary artery

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • General-American: /ˌkɔːr.ə.ner.i ˈɑːr.t̬ɚ.i/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

An artery arising from aorta.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: anatomy, cardiology, medicine, sciences

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

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

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: arteria coronaria

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: artery, arteria, arterial blood vessel

Narrower terms: atrial artery, right coronary artery, left coronary artery

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

32 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 冠狀動脈 /冠状动脉 (guānzhuàng dòngmài) — artery
  • Czech: věnčitá tepna — artery
  • Dutch: kransslagader — artery
  • Finnish: sepelvaltimo — artery
  • French: coronaire — artery
  • French: artère coronaire — artery
  • German: Koronararterie — artery
  • Greek: στεφανιαία αρτηρία (stefaniaía artiría) — artery
  • Hebrew: עורק כלילי (orék klilí) — artery
  • Hindi: हृद्धमनि (hŕddhamni) — artery
  • Irish: artaire corónach — artery
  • Italian: arteria coronaria — artery
  • Italian: coronaria — artery
  • Japanese: 冠動脈 (kandōmyaku) — artery
  • Korean: 관동맥 (gwandongmaek) — artery
  • Korean: 관상동맥 (gwansangdongmaek) — artery
  • Korean: 심장동맥 (simjangdongmaek) — artery
  • Norwegian Bokmål: kransarterie — artery
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: kransarterie — artery
  • Polish: tętnica wieńcowa — artery
  • Portuguese: coronária — artery
  • Russian: корона́рная арте́рия (koronárnaja artɛ́rija) — artery
  • Russian: вене́чная арте́рия (venéčnaja artɛ́rija) — artery
  • Northern Sami: čierggesváibmosuotna — artery
  • Sanskrit: हृद्धमनि (hṛddhamani) — artery
  • Spanish: arteria coronaria — artery
  • Swedish: kranskärl — artery
  • Swedish: kransartär — artery
  • Telugu: హృద్ధమని (hr̥ddhamani) — artery
  • Telugu: హృదయధమని (hr̥dayadhamani) — artery
  • Vietnamese: động mạch vành — artery
  • Volapük: ladaratär — artery