carotides

carotides f

1. plural of carotide

Borrowed from Ancient Greek κᾰρωτῐ́δες (kărōtĭ́des, “carotid arteries”), from κᾰρόω (kăróō, “to plunge into deep sleep or torpor”) +‎ -τῐ́δες (-tĭ́des, plural nominal suffix), from the fact that the carotid artery supplies blood to the brain, and interruption of this flow causes loss of consciousness.

• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [kaˈrɔː.t̪i.d̪es]

carōtides f pl (genitive carōtidum); third declension (New Latin)

1. (anatomy) the carotid arteries

Third-declension noun (Greek-type, normal variant), plural only.

• → English: carotid