carotides
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French
[edit]Noun
[edit]carotides f
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Ancient Greek κᾰρωτῐ́δες (karōtídes, “carotid arteries”), from κᾰρόω (karóō, “to plunge into deep sleep or torpor”) + -τῐ́δες (-tídes, plural nominal suffix), from the fact that the carotid artery supplies blood to the brain, and interruption of this flow causes loss of consciousness.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /kaˈro.ti.des/, [käˈrɔːt̪id̪es]
Noun
[edit]carōtides f pl (genitive carōtidum); third declension (New Latin)
- (anatomy) the carotid arteries
Inflection
[edit]Third-declension noun (Greek-type, normal variant), plural only.
| plural | |
|---|---|
| nominative | carōtides |
| genitive | carōtidum |
| dative | carōtidibus |
| accusative | carōtidas |
| ablative | carōtidibus |
| vocative | carōtides |
Descendants
[edit]- → English: carotid
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