carotis

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.

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [kaˈroː.tɪs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [kaˈrɔː.t̪is]

carōtis f (genitive carōtidis); third declension (New Latin)

1. (anatomy) the carotid artery

Third-declension noun.

• → English: carotid

carōtīs

1. dative/ablative plural of carōta