carotid plexus

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   a plexus of nerves surrounding the internal carotid artery

   Synonymsplexus caroticus

   Broadernerve plexus

Questions about carotid plexus

What does carotid plexus mean?

carotid plexus means "a plexus of nerves surrounding the internal carotid artery".

What is another word for carotid plexus?

Close synonyms include plexus caroticus. 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 carotid plexus a common word?

carotid plexus 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.