different between coronary vs pulmonary

English

Etymology

From Latin cor?n?rius, from cor?na (“crown”).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?k???n??i/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?k???n(?)?i/

Adjective

coronary (comparative more coronary, superlative most coronary)

1. (obsolete) Pertaining to a crown or garland.
   • 1659, John Pearson, Exposition of the Creed

     The coronary thorns did not only express the scorn of the imposers by that figure into which they were contrived, but did also pierce his tender and sacred temples to a multiplicity of pains, by their numerous acuminations.

   • 1684', Thomas Browne, Of Garlands and Coronary Plants

     The catalogue of coronary plants is not large in Theophrastus.

2. (anatomy) Encircling something (like a crown), especially with regard to the arteries or veins of the heart.

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Noun

coronary (plural coronaries)

1. (anatomy, medicine) Any of the coronary vessels; a coronary artery or coronary vein.
2. (medicine) Ellipsis of coronary thrombosis.

   Synonym: heart attack
3. A small bone in the foot of a horse.

Translations

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin pulm?n?rius (“of the lungs”), from pulm? (“lung”) + -?rius, from Proto-Indo-European *pléu-mon-. Cognate with Greek ??????? (plemóni), French poumon, Lithuanian plauciai, Polish p?uco and Russian ???????? (plávat?, “to swim”).

Adjective

pulmonary (not comparable)

1. (anatomy) Pertaining to, having, or affecting the lungs.

Synonyms

• pneumonic
• pulmonic

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