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Webster 1913 Edition

Carotid

Ca-rot′id

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Noun.
[Gr. [GREEK], pl., from [GREEK] heavy sleep: cf. F.
carotide
. The early Greeks believed that these arteries in some way caused drowsiness.]
(Anat.)
One of the two main arteries of the neck, by which blood is conveyed from the aorta to the head.
[See Illust. of
Aorta
.]

Webster 1828 Edition

Carotid

CAROTID

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Adj.
The carotid arteries, in the body, are two arteries, the right and left, which convey the blood from the aorta to the head and brain. The ancients supposed drowsiness to be seated in these arteries.

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