coronally

/kəˈroʊnəli/
adverb
  1. In a way that relates to the crown of the head or the top part of something.
    • The doctor examined the patient's skull coronally to check for fractures.
    • In anatomy class, we learned how to slice the brain coronally for study.
    • The dentist took an X-ray coronally to see the top of the tooth.
  2. In a direction or plane that divides the body into front and back parts (the coronal plane).
    • When you look at the body coronally, you can see the symmetry of the organs.
    • The surgeon planned the incision coronally to avoid major blood vessels.
    • The MRI scan showed the tumor coronally, from front to back.
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