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CAROTID

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

carotid artery (either of two major arteries of the neck and head; branches from the aorta)

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 Context examples: 

It does not include procedures such as vein stripping, carotid disease, or procedures originating above the diaphragm.

(History of Peripheral Vascular Disease, NCI Thesaurus)

Representative examples include the carotid body and jugulotympanic paragangliomas.

(Head and Neck Paraganglioma, NCI Thesaurus)

An artery arising from the external carotid artery supplying blood to the surface of the face.

(Facial Artery, NCI Thesaurus)

It most often affects the renal artery and less often the carotid artery and abdominal arteries.

(Fibromuscular Dysplasia, NCI Thesaurus)

Carotid artery disease often does not cause symptoms, but there are tests that can tell your doctor if you have it.

(Carotid Artery Disease, NIH)

A non-neoplastic or neoplastic disorder affecting the carotid artery.

(Carotid Artery Disorder, NCI Thesaurus)

A benign neoplasm of the chemoreceptor system (e.g. carotid body, glomus jugulare, glomus vagale).

(Benign Carotid Body Paraganglioma, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

A carotid body paraganglioma that is confined to the site of origin, without metastatic potential.

(Benign Carotid Body Paraganglioma, NCI Thesaurus)

An artery, which originates in either the internal carotid artery or the middle cerebral artery, that delivers blood to the choroid plexus.

(Anterior Choroidal Artery, NCI Thesaurus)

There is a carotid artery on each side of the neck, and each one splits into two branches.

(Carotid artery, NCI Dictionary)