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Carotid   /kərˈɑtɪd/   Listen
Carotid

adjective
1.
Of or relating to either of the two major arteries supplying blood to the head and neck.



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"Carotid" Quotes from Famous Books



... was Mien-yaun's wretchedness now. Desperation took possession of him. Nothing prevented him from severing his carotid artery but the recollection that only the vulgar thus disposed of themselves. He thought of poison, whose sale was present death in Pekin, according to established law. Suicide by poison being a forbidden luxury, it recommended itself ...
— Atlantic Monthly, Volume 3, No. 20, June, 1859 • Various


Words linked to "Carotid" :   external carotid artery, carotid artery


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