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However, for several years now surgeons have been placing stents by puncturing the carotid artery in patients necks, rather than going in through the groin.
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Using computers and a standard MRI machine, researchers guided an iron bead through the carotid artery of a pig.
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Origin and Etymology of carotid
French or Greek; French carotide, from Greek karōtides carotid arteries, from karoun to stupefy; akin to Greek kara head — more at cerebral
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carotid
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adjective
ca·rot·id
\kə-ˈrät-əd\
Medical Definition of carotid
: of, situated near, or involving a carotid artery carotid arteriography
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