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McGrath’s body rejected a skin graft and in response, his carotid artery exploded.
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Animals must be slaughtered in the most humane fashion, a sharp knife between the carotid artery and jugular vein.
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God’s carotid burst open on the new border between India and Pakistan and a million people died of hatred.
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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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The majority of carotid artery narrowing is still done through surgery due to higher stroke rates for stenting procedures.
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A clot lodged in his carotid artery, which required emergency surgery.
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A longtime Near North Side resident, Seaton had been in hospice care and had carotid cancer, her brother said.
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But during an eight-hour surgery, doctors found the tumor was close to the carotid artery.
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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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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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