plexus caroticus

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   a plexus of nerves surrounding the internal carotid artery

   Synonymscarotid plexus

   Broadernerve plexus

Questions about plexus caroticus

What does plexus caroticus mean?

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

What is another word for plexus caroticus?

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

plexus caroticus 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.