common carotid artery
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Noun[edit]
common carotid artery (plural common carotid arteries)
- (anatomy) The part of either carotid artery between its point of origin and its division into the internal and external carotid arteries.
- Meronyms: external carotid artery, internal carotid artery
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- “common carotid artery”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.