Carotid Artery

Definition: Carotid Artery

Carotid Artery

Noun

1. Either of two major arteries of the neck and head; branches from the aorta.

Specialty Definitions: Carotid Artery

Domain	Definitions
Literature	Carotid Artery An artery on each side of the neck, supposed by the ancients to be the seat of drowsiness, brought on by an increased flow of blood through it to the head. (Greek, caroticos, inducing sleep.). Source: Brewer's Dictionary.
Public Administration	Major blood vessel, in the neck, where the central pulse can be taken in emergencies. Source: European Union. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Synonym: Carotid Artery

Synonym: arteria carotis (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Carotid Artery

English words defined with "carotid artery": anterior cerebral artery, arteria facialis, arteria lingualis, arteria maxillaris, arteria ophthalmica ♦ carotid plexus, cerebral aneurysm, common carotid artery ♦ external carotid, external carotid artery, external maxillary artery ♦ facial artery ♦ innominate artery, internal carotid artery ♦ lingual artery ♦ maxillary artery, middle cerebral artery ♦ ophthalmic artery ♦ plexus caroticus. (references)

Specialty definitions using "carotid artery": Anterior Cerebral Artery Infarction, anterior choroid artery, anterior choroidal artery ♦ Carotid Artery Diseases, Carotid Artery, Common, Carotid Artery, External, Carotid Artery, Internal, carotid pulse, Carotid Sinus, Cerebral Revascularization ♦ Distended carotid artery ♦ Endarterectomy, Carotid ♦ intracarotid infusion ♦ Middle Cerebral Artery Infarction ♦ parotid bed, parotid space, posterior cerebral arteries ♦ Temporal Arteries. (references)

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Commercial Usage: Carotid Artery

Domain	Title
Books	Carotid Artery Injuries (reference) Carotid Artery Plaques: Pathogenesis, Development, Evaluation, and Treatment (reference) CRC Handbook of Carotid Artery Surgery: Facts and Figures (reference) Effect of carotid artery surgery on cerebral blood flow : clinical and experimental studies (reference) New Trends & Developments in Carotid Artery Disease (reference) (more book examples)
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Photo Album: Carotid Artery

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	Biologist A. Ranc looking for the carotid artery of a sea turtle. Left to right Plate VI, print 15. In: "Results of the Scientific Campaigns of the Prince of Monaco." Vol. 89.Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.
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Non-Fiction Usage: Carotid Artery

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		Arteriography is an X-ray of the carotid artery taken when a special dye is injected into the artery. (references)
		Doctors may perform tests such as a Wada test (administration of the drug amobarbitol into the carotid artery) to find areas of the brain that control speech and memory. (references)
		The most important treatable factors linked to TIAs and stroke are high blood pressure, cigarette smoking, heart disease, carotid artery disease, diabetes, and heavy use of alcohol. (references)
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Expressions: Carotid Artery

Expressions using "carotid artery": Carotid Artery Diseases ♦ Carotid Artery Injuries ♦ Carotid Artery Thrombosis ♦ common carotid artery ♦ external carotid artery ♦ internal carotid artery. Additional references.
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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Carotid Artery

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day
carotid artery	301
carotid artery disease	56
carotid artery surgery	53
carotid artery blockage	47
blocked carotid artery	18
carotid artery stenosis	16
carotid artery internal	7
carotid artery external	6
carotid artery aneurism	6
symptom of carotid artery blockage	5
carotid artery stenting	2
carotid artery endarterectomy	2
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Modern Translations: Carotid Artery

Language		Translations for "carotid artery"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Danish		carotis-arterie. (various references)

Dutch		halsslagader. (various references)

Finnish		kaulavaltimo. (various references)

French		artère carotide. (various references)

German		halsschlagader (carotid). (various references)

Greek		καρωτίδα (carotid). (various references)

Italian		arteria carotidea. (various references)

Japanese Kanji		� �巻き , � �動脈 , � �動脈 . (various references)

Japanese Katakana		くびまき (comforter, muffler, neckerchief), けいどうみゃく. (various references)

Pig Latin		arotidcay arteryay

Portuguese		artéria carótida(primitiva). (various references)

Romanian		artera carotidã. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		karotidna arterija. (various references)

Spanish		arteria carótida. (various references)

Swedish		stora halspulsådern. (various references)

Turkish		şahdamarı (jugular, jugular vein). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Misspellings: Carotid Artery

Misspellings
	"Carotid Artery" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: caroted artery. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: Carotid Artery

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-a-c-d-e-i-o-r-r-r-t-t-y"
	-2 letters: radiotracer.
	-3 letters: eradicator.
	-4 letters: carrotier, detractor, directory, retractor, retrodict, territory.
	-5 letters: adroiter, atrocity, caryatid, ceratoid, citatory, citrated, creditor, dictator, director, radiator, radicate, redactor, retroact, tartaric, teratoid, terraria, tertiary, tetracid, tetradic, torrider, traditor.
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