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subcarotid

subcarotid adjective: below the carotid arteries.

Adjective

subcarotid (not comparable)

  1. Below the carotid arteries
    • These include a caudodorsally extended subcarotid recess (Fig 5C ), which communicates with the pharyngotympanic sinus at the proximal terminus of the pharyngotympanic tube, and a rostrolateral communication with the junction of the recessus epitubaricum of the pharyngotympanic sinus [34 ] and its...2015 September 24, “Ontogeny of the Middle-Ear Air-Sinus System in Alligator mississippiensis (Archosauria: Crocodylia)”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin of subcarotid

From sub- + carotid.

Words that rhyme with subcarotid

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Questions about subcarotid

What does subcarotid mean?
Subcarotid means below the carotid arteries.
What part of speech is subcarotid?
Subcarotid is an adjective.

Words near subcarotid in the dictionary

  1. subcargoes
  2. subcargos
  3. subcarinal
  4. subcarinate
  5. subcarinated
  6. subcarotid
  7. Subcarpathia
  8. Subcarpathian
  9. Subcarpathian Rus
  10. Subcarpathian Voivodeship
  11. subcarrier

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