- coronary bone
- small pastern bone; see pastern b.
Medical dictionary. 2011.
coronary bone
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Coronary bone — Cor o*na*ry bone The small pastern bone of the horse and allied animals. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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