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Definition of Jugular

1. Adjective. Relating to or located in the region of the neck or throat. "Jugular vein"

2. Noun. Veins in the neck that return blood from the head.

3. Noun. A vital part that is vulnerable to attack. "He always goes for the jugular"

Definition of Jugular

1. a. Of or pertaining to the throat or neck; as, the jugular vein.

2. n. One of the large veins which return the blood from the head to the heart through two chief trunks, an external and an internal, on each side of the neck; -- called also the jugular vein.

Definition of Jugular

1. Adjective. Relating to, or located near, the neck or throat. ¹

2. Adjective. Of or pertaining to fish with ventral fins attached under the throat. ¹

3. Noun. Vein through the neck (or thorax) that returns blood from the head back towards the heart. Properly this is called the jugular vein. ¹

4. Noun. By extension, any critical vulnerability. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Jugular

1. a vein of the neck [n -S]

Medical Definition of Jugular

1. 1. Of or pertaining to the throat or neck; as, the jugular vein. Of or pertaining to the jugular vein; as, the jugular foramen. 2. Having the ventral fins beneath the throat; said of certain fishes. Origin: L. Jugulum the collar bone, which joins together the shoulders and the breast, the throat, akin to jungere to yoke, to join: cf. F. Jugulaire. See Join. 1. One of the large veins which return the blood from the head to the heart through two chief trunks, an external and an internal, on each side of the neck; called also the jugular vein. 2. Any fish which has the ventral fins situated forward of the pectoral fins, or beneath the throat; one of a division of fishes (Jugulares). Origin: Cf. F. Jugulaire. See Jugular. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Jugular

juglandin juglandine juglans juglet juglets juglike jugline juglines juglone juglone hydroxylase

juglones jugomaxillary jugs jugsful jugula jugular (current term) jugular bulb jugular duct jugular embryocardia jugular foramen

jugular foramen syndrome jugular fossa jugular ganglion jugular gland jugular glomus jugular lymphatic trunk jugular nerve jugular notch of occipital bone jugular notch of temporal bone jugular plexus

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