Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

common carotid artery

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.83 in modern English

Syllables: com-mon -carotid artery
IPA

31

Scrabble Score

19

Letters

3

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The part of either carotid artery between its point of origin and its division into the internal and external carotid arteries.

Inflected Forms

common carotid arteries (plural) common carotid (alternative)

Synonyms

common carotid

Questions

What does common carotid artery mean?: The part of either carotid artery between its point of origin and its division into the internal and external carotid arteries.

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