carotid artery
carotid artery · carotid arteries
сонная артерия
Synonym of carotidSynonym of carotid.
» Zera showed her students how to palpate the carotid artery without pressing too hard.
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1 sensesSynonym of carotid.
сонная артерияsonnaja arterija
More definitions
- either of two major arteries of the neck and head; branches from the aorta
Examples
2 sentencesZera showed her students how to palpate the carotid artery without pressing too hard.
Worn on the neck, the device records central blood pressure in the carotid artery, internal jugular vein and external jugular vein.
Translations
2 languagesРусский
By meaning 1
artery:
Forms
plural: carotid arteries| Singular | carotid artery |
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Synonyms
2 synonymsClose in meaning
- either of two major arteries of the neck and head; branches from the aorta:arteria carotis
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.