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overpress (iou) and inferior carotid triangle (medicine)


overpress (iou)



overpress verb trans. LME.
[from OVER- + PRESS verb1.]
Afflict with severity or cruelty; oppress beyond endurance. Now rare. LME.
Overthrow or overwhelm with physical force. L15-M17.
Overburden, overload. Now only fig. L16.
Press or insist on unduly. M19.
Subject to excessive pressure (esp. of work etc.). L19.

inferior carotid triangle (medicine)


inferior carotid triangle -->
muscular triangle


The triangle bounded by the sternocleidomastoid muscle, the superior belly of the omohyoid muscle, and the anterior midline of the neck; the infrahyoid muscles occupy most of it.

Synonym: trigonum musculare, trigonum omotracheale, inferior carotid triangle, omotracheal triangle, tracheal triangle.