英语词汇carotid artery的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	carotid artery
词源	carotid artery. The ancients knew that if you pressed the ar- teries leading to the head long enough, unconsciousness would result. Thus they named these arteries karotides, from the Greek karoun, to stupefy. Karotide later became carotid in English.
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