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carotid

ca·rot·id [ kə-ˈrä-təd]

carotid

adjective

Definition of carotid

: belonging to or situated near a carotid artery
//carotid endarterectomy

Recent Examples on the Web

//The third officer then successfully applied a bilateral carotid control hold, which caused Grant to fall unconscious temporarily, police said.
— Raquel Baier, azcentral, "Man accused of assaulting 3 Chandler police officers who responded to domestic disturbance," 3 June 2019
//The effectiveness of carotid-artery surgery in people without symptoms—but major blockage—was established two decades ago by the Asymptomatic Carotid Artery Stenosis trial, funded by the National Institutes of Health.
— Thomas M. Burton, WSJ, "The Scan That Saved My Life," 25 Aug. 2018
//Of course, not everyone with carotid blockage will get surgery; thousands of people with the condition can benefit from drug therapy.
— Thomas M. Burton, WSJ, "The Scan That Saved My Life," 25 Aug. 2018
//What’s more, their carotid-femoral pulse wave velocity, an indicator of how well blood vessels expand and contract as needed, increased.
— SELF, "Does the Steam Room at the Gym Actually Do Anything?," 4 Jan. 2019
//This patient ended up needing a carotid endarterectomy, a procedure that removes built-up plaque from the artery.
— Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "Routine eye exams reveal diseases unrelated to the eye," 5 Mar. 2018
//A three-inch stent was placed in his carotid artery.
— Matt Wolfe, New Republic, "Why did Yousef Muslet face life in prison for an everyday gesture?," 2 Aug. 2017
//Her father said the bullets struck her carotid artery.
— Carol Robinson, AL.com, "'She was a beautiful soul': UNA student killed by bullet meant for someone else," 24 July 2017
//McGrath’s body rejected a skin graft and in response, his carotid artery exploded.
— Allie Gross, Detroit Free Press, "Beaumont plastic surgeon takes cases others said couldn't be done," 15 July 2017

First Known Use of carotid

1667, in the meaning defined above

History and Etymology for carotid

French or Greek; French carotide, from Greek karōtides carotid arteries, from karoun to stupefy; akin to Greek kara head — more at cerebral

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