a coronary occlusion in which there is blockage of a coronary arterial branch by a blood clot within the vessel, usually at a site narrowed by arteriosclerosis.
Origin
1925-30
British Dictionary definitions for coronary thrombosis
coronary thrombosis
noun
1.
a condition of interrupted blood flow to the heart due to a blood clot in a coronary artery, usually as a consequence of atherosclerosis: characterized by intense pain Sometimes shortened to coronary Compare myocardial infarction
coronary thrombosis in Medicine
coronary thrombosisn. Obstruction of a coronary artery by a thrombus, often leading to destruction of heart muscle.