right coronary artery
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4.1
- noun
- Specialized
:
arteria coronaria derecha
And they slapped me open and they gave me a stent in the right coronary artery.
- And they slapped me open and they gave me a stent in the right coronary artery.
Examples
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The left circumflex and right coronary arteries were normal.
Academic text (2007) -
The doctor explained that the right coronary artery supplies blood to the right side of the heart.
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A blockage in the right coronary artery can lead to serious heart problems if not treated promptly.
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During the surgery, they carefully bypassed the damaged sections of the right coronary artery.
Synonyms
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3.9
An artery that carries blood to the heart muscle
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3.4
An artery that carries blood to the heart muscle
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase is fully compositional: 'right' (side), 'coronary' (relating to the heart's arteries) and 'artery' (blood vessel) combine to denote the artery serving the right side of the heart. Although medical vocabulary can be specialized, the meaning is directly derivable from the constituents and follows a cross-linguistically common anatomical naming pattern, so a learner who knows the parts will comprehend it.
Etymology
Right coronary artery gives a clear picture: the artery is a blood vessel, coronary refers to the ring of vessels like a 'crown' around the heart, and right shows it sits on the heart's right side. So right coronary artery means the blood vessel that 'supplies blood to the right side of the heart'.