coronally
/kəˈroʊnəli/
adverb
- 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.
- 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.