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carotid en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /kəˈɹɑt.ɪd/ (General-American)
- /kəˈɹɒt.ɪd/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- (Northern-California) audio
Etymology
Borrowed from French carotide or New Latin carōtides, from Ancient Greek κᾰρωτῐ́δες (kărōtĭ́des, “carotid arteries”), from κᾰρόω (kăróō, “to plunge into deep sleep or torpor”) + -τῐ́δες (-tĭ́des, plural nominal suffix), from the fact that the carotid artery supplies blood to the brain, and interruption of this flow causes loss of consciousness.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Of or pertaining to the carotid artery.
Deriveds
carotid artery · carotid plexus · noncarotid · carotid triangle · subcarotid · bicarotid · transcarotid · carotico- · intercarotid · intracarotid · internal carotid plexus
Synonyms
carotidean · carotidal
Translations (4)
es carótida (relating to the carotid) · kk ұйқы (relating to the carotid) · es carotídeo (relating to the carotid) · pl szyjny (relating to the carotid)
carotid en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /kəˈɹɑt.ɪd/ (General-American)
- /kəˈɹɒt.ɪd/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- (Northern-California) audio
Etymology
Borrowed from French carotide or New Latin carōtides, from Ancient Greek κᾰρωτῐ́δες (kărōtĭ́des, “carotid arteries”), from κᾰρόω (kăróō, “to plunge into deep sleep or torpor”) + -τῐ́δες (-tĭ́des, plural nominal suffix), from the fact that the carotid artery supplies blood to the brain, and interruption of this flow causes loss of consciousness.
Meanings
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Either of the two main arteries that supply blood to the head of which the left in humans arises from the arch of the aorta and the right by bifurcation of the brachiocephalic artery with each passing up the side of the neck and dividing opposite the upper border of the thyroid cartilage into an external branch supplying the face, tongue, and external parts of the head and an internal branch supplying the brain, eye, and other internal parts of the head.
I shoot Mr. Marlow twice, severing jugulars and cartoids with near surgical precision. He will die watching me take what is his away from him. This is my design.
2013 April 4, Hannibal, season 1, episode 1, spoken by Will Graham (Hugh Dancy):Even a vasocompression between C-Spine and mandibula during a hyperinclination trauma can lead to a dissection of the internal carotid artery (ICA) [ 1, 2 ].
2015 July 22, Moritz Crönlein et al., “Traumatic bilateral carotid artery dissection following severe blunt trauma: a case report on the difficulties in diagnosis and therapy of an often overlooked life-threatening injury”, in European Journal of Medical Research, volume 20, →DOI, archived from the original on 06 Feb 2025:
Forms
Deriveds
carotid sinus · carotidean · carotidynia · entocarotid · carotidal · carotidial
Relateds
carus
Synonyms
carotid artery
Translations (26)
ca caròtide (major artery in the head and neck) · ga artaire caratach (major artery in the head and neck) · es carótida (major artery in the head and neck) · ru со́нная арте́рия (major artery in the head and neck) · da halspulsåre (major artery in the head and neck) · sv halspulsåder (major artery in the head and neck) · fa رگ خواب (major artery in the head and neck) · tr şah damarı (major artery in the head and neck) · de Kopfschlagader (major artery in the head and neck) · pl tętnica szyjna (major artery in the head and neck) · fi karotisvaltimo (major artery in the head and neck) · cy carotid (major artery in the head and neck) · de Carotis (major artery in the head and neck) · fr carotide (major artery in the head and neck) · cmn 頸動脈 /颈动脉 (major artery in the head and neck) · kk ұйқы күретамыры (major artery in the head and neck) · de Halsschlagader (major artery in the head and neck) · nl halsslagader (major artery in the head and neck) · fi kaulavaltimo (major artery in the head and neck) · km សរសៃរយាងក (major artery in the head and neck) · ar الشَّرْيَان السُّبَاتِيّ (major artery in the head and neck) · el καρωτίδα αρτηρία (major artery in the head and neck) · vi động mạch cảnh (major artery in the head and neck) · cs krkavice (major artery in the head and neck) · it carotide (major artery in the head and neck) · hu nyaki verőér (major artery in the head and neck)