arteria carotis

Questions about arteria carotis

What does arteria carotis mean?

arteria carotis means "either of two major arteries of the neck and head; branches from the aorta".

What is another word for arteria carotis?

Close synonyms include carotid artery. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is arteria carotis a common word?

arteria carotis is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.