different between carotid vs intracarotid

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French carotide or New Latin car?tides, from Ancient Greek ?????????? (kar?tídes, “carotid arteries”), from ????? (karó?, “to plunge into deep sleep or torpor”) +? -?????? (-tídes, plural nominal suffix), from the fact that the carotid artery supplies blood to the brain, and interruption of this flow causes loss of consciousness.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /k????t.?d/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /k????t.?d/
• Rhymes: -?t?d

Noun

carotid (plural carotids)

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

   Synonym: carotid artery

Derived terms

• carotidal
• carotidean
• carotidial

Translations

Adjective

carotid (not comparable)

1. (anatomy) Of or pertaining to the carotid artery.

   Synonyms: carotidal, carotidean

Derived terms

Translations

References

• “carotid”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
• “carotid”, in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary, (Please provide a date or year).

Anagrams

• actroid, arctoid, dartoic

English

Etymology

intra- +? carotid

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?t?d

Adjective

intracarotid (not comparable)

1. (anatomy) Within the carotid