Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Relating to or of the nature of stupor or carus.
  • Same as carotid.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Of or pertaining to stupor.
  • adjective (Anat.) Carotid.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective Of or relating to stupor.
  • adjective anatomy carotid

Etymologies

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

Ancient Greek καρωτικός (karōtikos, "stupefying").

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Examples

  • The medic then checked his carotic (ph) pulse, which was barely palpable and quickly deteriorated; and which he determined, therefore, that Zarqawi's death was imminent.

    CNN Transcript Jun 12, 2006 2006

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