Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Wiktionary
n. (context anatomy English) Either of a pair of arteries, each side of the neck, which branch from the aorta and supply blood to the head
WordNet
n. either of two major arteries of the neck and head; branches from the aorta [syn: arteria carotis]
Wikipedia
Carotid artery may refer to:
- Common carotid artery, which divides into the external carotid artery and internal carotid artery
- External carotid artery
- Internal carotid artery
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Usage examples of "carotid artery".
She may have drowned as blood gushing out of her carotid artery was inhaled through the cut in her windpipe and filled her lungs.
A red cell passed by, moving as it had (or seeming to move as it had) in the carotid artery, but despite its speed, it billowed past for a long time, like a quivering whale passing a rowboat.
For a moment, before his body ceased its fight against the webbing of the belt and he sank down into his seat again, he saw a small red dot on the screen, which, he deduced, was a device to mark the position of the ship in the left internal carotid artery.
I placed the edge of my nail back against his slowly throbbing carotid artery.
Blood pumps out like water from a hose, and you can't use a tourniquet, not on a neck, and direct pressure won't seal up a carotid artery.
His body was also moving, subtly, his breath drawing deeply from his abdomen as he gathered force, his right shoulder lifting by degrees as he brought the arm back, preparing the vector that would bring the edge of his sword-hand slicing against the carotid artery in my neck.
You didn't need either a dagger or a machete to cut a throat and sever a carotid artery.
I felt my face nestle into the corner between her shoulder and her cheek, felt my lips seek out the pale white skin to the left of her throat, where the excited pulse of the carotid artery was perceptible.
He presses two fingers against the side of her neck, finding her carotid artery and using the luminescent dial of his watch to take her pulse.
He slashed the edge of the sword across the tenderness of her carotid artery and she fell back hard against the altar.