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carotid sinus

carotid sinus noun: a small but richly innervated arterial enlargement that is located near the point in the neck where either carotid artery divides to form its main branches and that functions in the regulation of heart rate and blood pressure.

Noun

carotid sinus (plural carotid sinuses)

  1. A small but richly innervated arterial enlargement that is located near the point in the neck where either carotid artery divides to form its main branches and that functions in the regulation of heart rate and blood pressure.

carotid sinus meaning in Tamil

carotid sinus in Tamil

கறோற்றிட்குடா, சிரசுக்குடா

Forms of carotid sinus

pluralcarotid sinuses

Questions about carotid sinus

What does carotid sinus mean?
Carotid sinus means a small but richly innervated arterial enlargement that is located near the point in the neck where either carotid artery divides to form its main branches and that functions in the regulation of heart rate and blood pressure.
What is carotid sinus in Tamil?
Carotid sinus in Tamil is கறோற்றிட்குடா, சிரசுக்குடா. See Carotid sinus meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is carotid sinus?
Carotid sinus is a noun.
What is the plural of carotid sinus?
The plural of carotid sinus is carotid sinuses.

Words near carotid sinus in the dictionary

  1. caroticotympanic artery
  2. carotid
  3. carotid arteries
  4. carotid artery
  5. carotid plexus
  6. carotid sinus
  7. carotid sinuses
  8. carotid triangle
  9. carotid triangles
  10. carotidal
  11. carotidean

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Adapted from Wiktionary: carotid sinus (page history and authors); carotid sinus (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.

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