carotid

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It becomes as necessary, therefore, in the performance of surgical operations upon the subclavian artery, to fix the clavicle by depressing it, as in Plate 8, as it is to give fixity to the lower maxilla and larynx, in the position of Plate 7, when the carotid is the subject of operation.

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  1. noun Either of the two major arteries, one on each side of the neck, that carry blood to the head.
  2. adjective Of or relating to either of these arteries.

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  • Harry felt for a carotid We checked first thing Gary said She'd been dead awhile, I'd guess. —  Blood
  • Methods: Whole genome expression profiling was completed in twenty vascular samples from carotid, aortic and femoral atherosclerotic plaques and six control samples from internal mammary arteries. —  Business News and Business Products, Services, Reports and Advertising. Business News RSS Feed.
  • The surgery on the carotid was done immediately but the neck surgery was delayed until all David's vital signs were stabilized. —  John H Armstrong
  • "He has no residuals deficits, his carotid has been open for a while now," Dr. Pamoukian says. —  New York News, Weather, Sports & Traffic - WCBSTV.com
  • I have my own remedy for brain freeze - based on the "blood vessel phenomenon", except what I was told that it's your carotid (neck) arteries that are the dilating culprits so I warm my neck with my palms when it happens. —  Brain Blogger
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  1. French carotide, from Greek karōtides, carotid arteries, from karoun, to stupefy (because compression of these arteries causes loss of consciousness); see ker-1 in Indo-European roots.

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  1. = F. carotide, n., carotidicn, adjective, = Spanish carótida, n., carotídeo, adjective, = Portuguese carotidas, n. plural, = Italian carotidi, n. plural, from New Latin carotis, plural carotides (cf. Middle Latin caroticæ, carotids), from Greek καρωτίς, usually in plural καρωτίδες, the two great arteries of the neck, so called, it is said, from a belief that sleep was caused by an increased flow of blood to the head through these vessels, from καρόειν, καροῦν, plunge into sleep, stupefy, from κάρος, stupor: see carotic.
 

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