carotides

== French == === Noun === carotides f plural of carotide == Latin == === Etymology === 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. === Pronunciation === (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [kaˈrɔː.ti.des] === Noun === carōtides f pl (genitive carōtidum); third declension (New Latin) (anatomy) the carotid arteries ==== Inflection ==== Third-declension noun (Greek-type, normal variant), plural only. ==== Descendants ==== → English: carotid