CORONARY OCCLUSION

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Occlusion of a coronary artery caused either by progressive atherosclerosis or by a blood clot

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("coronary occlusion" is a kind of...):

occlusion (closure or blockage (as of a blood vessel))

coronary heart disease (a heart disease due to an abnormality of the arteries that supply blood and oxygen to the heart)

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