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cor·o·nal

(kōr'ŏ-năl), [TA] Do not confuse this word with coronary or coronoid.
Relating to a corona or the coronal plane.
Synonym(s): coronalis [TA]
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coronal

(kôr′ə-nəl, kŏr′-, kə-rō′nəl)
n.
1. A garland, wreath, or circlet for the head.
2. Linguistics A coronal consonant.
adj.
1. Of or relating to a corona, especially of the head.
2. Of, relating to, or having the direction of the coronal suture or of the plane dividing the body into front and back portions.
3. Linguistics Articulated by raising the blade of the tongue, as (t) in tip and (n) in night.
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coronal

Imaging
adjective Referring to a coronal slice.

noun An imaging plane, slice or section made by cutting across the body from one side to the other, and thus parallel to the coronal suture of the skull.
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cor·o·nal

(kōr'ŏ-năl) [TA]
Relating to a corona or the coronal plane.
Medical Dictionary for the Health Professions and Nursing © Farlex 2012

coronal

Relating to the crown of the head.
Collins Dictionary of Medicine © Robert M. Youngson 2004, 2005

cor·o·nal

(kōr'ŏ-năl) [TA] Do not confuse this word with coronary or coronoid.
1. Relating to a corona or the coronal plane.
2. Relating to a crown of tooth.
Medical Dictionary for the Dental Professions © Farlex 2012
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Coronal mass ejections are known to travel across space and reach nearby planets.
To determine the differences in the prediction of spontaneous passage between axial and coronal plane measurements; i.e., the relationship between the time to stone passage and stone size, chi-square or two-tailed Fisher's exact tests were used.
LCE said the Coronal team complements its development platform, greatly enhances presence in solar and storage, and brings important new customer relationships through multiple long-term power purchase agreements both signed and in negotiation.
In all the individuals, the MR images were acquired in the axial, sagittal, and coronal planes with 1-mm contiguous sections over the whole brain.
We defined the femoral coronal plane by the epicondylar axis and the lowest point of the lesser trochanter.
Slides were evaluated using light microscopy at varying magnifications (up to 1000x), and the distribution of markers was analyzed in the coronal, middle, and apical regions.
Coronal Energy, an electric utility headquartered in Charlottesville, Va., owns and manages a 333-megawatt portfolio in more than 20 states.
Where the coronal fields are open (i.e., one end of the field line connects directly back to the solar surface while the other end is connected to the heliospheric fields), the solar wind particles can stream out into interplanetary space.
The visible light seen in total solar eclipses is photospheric light scattered by free electrons in the corona, and not 'emitted' by coronal plasmas.
The purpose of the present case report is to describe the clinical outcomes and radiographic findings from two-dimensional radiographs and CBCT in a two-year follow-up of a maxillary right central incisor with a horizontal root fracture when only the coronal fragment was treated with mineral trioxide aggregate (MTA).
The compatible drill sequence was employed for red post size (diameter: apical 1.60mm, coronal 0.80mm, taper: 8%).
After reflecting the scalp, coronal, sagittal, lambdoid sutures were studied applying Acsadi-Nemeskeri scale endocranially, after removing the calvaria by craniotome taking due care to include complete coronal and sagittal suture.