The carotid artery. Also as adj.

the main artery conveying blood from the aorta to the arm or forelimb, terminating in the axillary artery.

= carotid, adj. rare.

= carotid, adj.

Epithet of the two great arteries, one on either side of the neck, which supply blood to the head. Each of the two primitive carotid arteries…

= carotid, adj. (Cf. soporific, adj. 1d.)

Designating the subclavian; of or relating to the subclavian vein or artery.

Of or pertaining to the aorta.

Of, pertaining to, or of the nature of, an aorta.

= carotidal, adj.

Situated below the pulmonary artery. (In modern dictionaries.)

Zoology. An aortic arch which in vertebrates carries blood from the ventral to the dorsal aorta and thence to all parts of the body except the head.

Used attributively, in the possessive, and with of to designate the para-aortic bodies.

Located beside the aorta; spec. designating any of the small, encapsulated collections of chromaffin cells located beside the abdominal aorta…