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Coronal vs Coronary - What's the difference?

coronal | coronary |

In anatomy|lang=en terms the difference between coronal and coronary

is that coronal is (anatomy) a "coronal plane" or a "coronal section" divides a body into dorsal (back) and ventral (front) while coronary is (anatomy) encircling something (like a crown), especially with regard to the arteries or veins of the heart.

As nouns the difference between coronal and coronary

is that coronal is a crown or coronet while coronary is a coronary thrombosis or heart attack.

As adjectives the difference between coronal and coronary

is that coronal is relating to a crown or coronation while coronary is (obsolete) pertaining to a crown or garland.

coronal

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A crown or coronet.
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  • *1590 , (Edmund Spenser), The Faerie Queene , III.5:
  • *:That shall embellish more your beautie bright, / And crowne your heades with heavenly coronall , / Such as the Angels weare before Gods tribunall!
  • A wreath or garland of flowers.
  • * '>citation
  • (obsolete) A variant of colonel.
  • The frontal bone, over which the ancients wore their coronae or garlands.
  • :(Hooper)
  • (label) A consonant produced with the tip or blade of the tongue.

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • relating to a crown or coronation
  • * Milton
    • The law and his coronal oath require his undeniable assent to what laws the Parliament agree upon.
  • (astronomy) relating to the corona of a star
  • * Abney
    • The coronal light during the eclipse is faint.
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    Coronal' holes are darker, cooler regions of the sun's atmosphere, or corona, containing little solar material. In these gaps, magnetic field lines whip out into the solar wind rather than looping back to the sun's surface. ' Coronal holes can affect space weather, as they send solar particles streaming off the sun about three times faster than the slower wind unleashed elsewhere from the sun's atmosphere, according to a description from NASA.
  • (botany) relating to the corona of a flower
  • (phonetics) relating to a sound made with the tip or blade of the tongue
  • * see
  • (anatomy) a "coronal plane" or a "coronal section" divides a body into dorsal (back) and ventral (front)
  • * see

    • Coordinate terms

    * * (phonetics) labial, dorsal, radical, laryngeal

    Hyponyms

    * (phonetics) interdental, dental, alveolar, postalveolar, retroflex, palatoalveolar, alveopalatal, palatal

    See also

    * (wikipedia "coronal")

    External links

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    Anagrams

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    coronary

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (obsolete) Pertaining to a crown or garland.
  • * Bishop Pearson
    • coronary thorns
  • * Sir Thomas Browne
    • The catalogue of coronary plants is not large in Theophrastus.
  • (anatomy) Encircling something (like a crown), especially with regard to the arteries or veins of the heart.

    • Derived terms

    * coronary artery * coronary band, the top edge of the hoof of an ungulate * coronary heart disease * coronary thrombosis * coronary vein

    Noun

    (coronaries)
  • A coronary thrombosis or heart attack.
    • Manny had a coronary last week, followed by a triple bypass.
  • A small bone in the foot of a horse.