subcarotid

English

Etymology

sub- +‎ carotid

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɒtɪd

Adjective

subcarotid (not comparable)

1. Below the carotid arteries
   • 2015 September 24, “Ontogeny of the Middle-Ear Air-Sinus System in Alligator mississippiensis (Archosauria: Crocodylia)”, in PLOS ONE‎^[1], →DOI:

     These include a caudodorsally extended subcarotid recess (Fig 5C ), which communicates with the pharyngotympanic sinus at the proximal terminus of the pharyngotympanic tube, and a rostrolateral communication with the junction of the recessus epitubaricum of the pharyngotympanic sinus [34 ] and its derivative, the pterygoid diverticulum.