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carotid

[ kuh-rot-id ]

noun

  1. Also called ca·rot·id ar·ter·y [k, uh, -, rot, -id , ahr, -t, uh, -ree]. either of the two large arteries, one on each side of the head, that carry blood to the head and that divide into an external branch supplying the neck, face, and other external parts, and an internal branch supplying the brain, eye, and other internal parts.


adjective

  1. pertaining to a carotid artery.

carotid

/ kəˈrɒtɪd /

noun

  1. either one of the two principal arteries that supply blood to the head and neck
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


adjective

  1. of or relating to either of these arteries
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • caˈrotidal, adjective
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Other Words From

  • ca·rot·id·al adjective
  • in·ter·ca·rot·id adjective
  • post·ca·rot·id adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of carotid1

1660–70; < Greek karōtídes neck arteries, equivalent to karōt ( ikós ) soporific ( kár ( os ) stupor + -ōtikos -otic ) + -ides -id 1; so called by Galen, who found that their compression causes stupor
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Word History and Origins

Origin of carotid1

C17: from French, from Greek karōtides, from karoun to stupefy; so named by Galen, because pressure on them produced unconsciousness
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Example Sentences

After saying there was “no reason for Elijah McClain to be stopped in the first place,” Bennett pointed out that McClain was given a massive dose of ketamine after the officers had forced him to the ground and placed carotid holds on him.

In the wake of George Floyd’s death, SDPD announced it would end the use of the carotid restraint, something advocates had long sought.

Schaeffer disagreed with the decision to ban the carotid restraint, he said, but understood why it needed to be done.

His left carotid artery bursts and bright red blood sprays in a fountain into the air and splashes back on the sidewalk.

But apparently a tear in the carotid artery is the leading cause in strokes among young people.

With one hand, I parried the attack; with the other, I gave him a sharp blow on the carotid artery.

It is formed from two centres, each of which is originally a ring round the carotid foramen.

A shearer had run the point of his shears into the neck of a sheep, and opened the carotid artery.

The internal carotid artery of that side was of lesser calibre and the entire skull half shortened.

As I was examining the President's wound, I felt for a carotid pulse and felt none.

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