carotid

UK/kəˈɹɒt.ɪd/US/kəˈɹɑt.ɪd/

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carotid 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.

Noun

carotid (plural carotids)

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.
- 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.2013 April 4, Hannibal, season 1, episode 1, spoken by Will Graham (Hugh Dancy)
- 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 ].2015 July 22, Moritz Crönlein et al., “Traumatic bilateral carotid artery dissection following severe blunt trauma: a case report on the difficulties in diagnosis and therapy of an often overlooked...
Synonyms:

carotid artery

Adjective

carotid (not comparable)

Of or pertaining to the carotid artery.

Synonyms:

carotidal, carotidean

carotid meaning in Tamil, Arabic, Persian and Vietnamese

carotid in Tamil

கரோட்டிட், தலைக்குரிய, துயில்

carotid in Arabic

major artery in the head and neck: الشَّرْيَان السُّبَاتِيّ aš-šaryān as-subātiyy

carotid in Persian

major artery in the head and neck: رگ خواب rag-e xwāb

carotid in Vietnamese

major artery in the head and neck: động mạch cảnh

Examples of carotid in a sentence

According to this classification, carotid plaques were assigned as fibroatherotic (type V) and complicated (type VI).
Check for carotid bruits by listening to each carotid artery with a stethoscope.
Benign Raeder's syndrome is probably a manifestation of carotid artery disease.

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Synonyms of carotid

Forms of carotid

plural	carotids

Plural of carotid: carotids

Origin of carotid

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.

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Questions about carotid

What does carotid mean?: Carotid means 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.
What is carotid in Tamil?: Carotid in Tamil is கரோட்டிட், தலைக்குரிய, துயில். See Carotid meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is carotid?: Carotid can be a noun or an adjective.
How do you pronounce carotid?: Carotid is pronounced /kəˈɹɒt.ɪd/ (UK).
What is the plural of carotid?: The plural of carotid is carotids.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: carotid (page history and authors); carotid (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated: 2026-09-02

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