Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

carotid

/kəˈɹɑt.ɪd/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 2.90 in modern English

Syllables: carotid
IPA: /kəˈɹɑt.ɪd/

10

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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.

adj

Of or pertaining to the carotid artery.

Example Sentences

"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."
"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 ]."

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.

Origin

Source language: Ancient Greek

Word Breakdown

Root: carōtides, κᾰρωτῐ́δες

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /kəˈɹɑt.ɪd/
British English: /kəˈɹɒt.ɪd/

Inflected Forms

carotids (plural)

Derived Forms

carotidal carotidean carotidial carotidynia entocarotid bicarotid intercarotid intracarotid noncarotid subcarotid transcarotid

Phrases

carotid sinus carotico- carotid artery carotid plexus carotid triangle internal carotid plexus

Frequently Paired Words

carus

Synonyms

carotid artery carotidal carotidean

Rhymes With

spotted plotted allotted slotted potted knotted rotted trotted swatted jotted dotted besotted

Questions

How do you pronounce carotid?: The recorded pronunciation is /kəˈɹɑt.ɪd/.
What does carotid mean?: 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.
Where does carotid come from?: It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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