carotid

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek καρωτίς (karōtís), from κάρος (káros, “sleep, stupor”), from the fact that the carotid artery supplies blood to the brain, and interruption of this flow causes loss of consciousness.

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /kəˈɹɒt.ɪd/
(US) IPA^(key): /kəˈɹɒ.tɪd/

Audio (Northern California, US)

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Noun

carotid (plural carotids)

(anatomy) Any of a number of major arteries in the head and neck.

Synonyms

carotid artery

Translations

major artery

Arabic: الشريان السباتي‎‎ m (ash-sharyaan as-subaatiy)
Catalan: caròtide (ca) f
Dutch: halsslagader (nl) c
Finnish: kaulavaltimo, karotisvaltimo
French: carotide (fr) f
German: Carotis f, Kopfschlagader f, Halsschlagader (de) f
Greek: καρωτίδα αρτηρία (karotída artiría) f

Hungarian: nyaki verőér (hu)
Irish: artaire caratach m
Italian: carotide
Khmer: សសៃរយាងក (sɑɑ spey rɔyieŋ kɑɑ)
Russian: со́нная арте́рия f (sónnaja artérija)
Spanish: carótida (es) f
Turkish: şah damarı (tr)
Welsh: carotid m

Adjective

carotid (not comparable)

Relating to these arteries.

Translations

relating to these arteries

Spanish: carótida (es)

Anagrams

arctoid, dartoic

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