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Entry 2 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Carotid

/kẽr-ät'-ĭd/ · Ca·rot·id · IPA /kəˈɹɑt.ɪd/
01 n. One of the two main arteries of the neck, by which blood is conveyed from the aorta to the head. [See Illust. of Aorta.]
  1. 1.
    One of the two main arteries of the neck, by which blood is conveyed from the aorta to the head. [See Illust. of Aorta.](Anat.) See: Aorta
02 a. Pertaining to, or near, the carotids or one of them; as, the carotid gland.
  1. 1.
    Pertaining to, or near, the carotids or one of them; as, the carotid gland.(Anat.)