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Webster 1913 Edition


Jugular

Ju′gu-lar

,
Adj.
[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.
(Anat.)
(a)
Of or pertaining to the throat or neck;
as, the
jugular
vein
.
(b)
Of or pertaining to the jugular vein;
as, the
jugular
foramen
.
2.
(Zool.)
Having the ventral fins beneath the throat; – said of certain fishes.

Ju′gu-lar

,
Noun.
[Cf. F.
jugulaire
. See
Jugular
,
Adj.
]
1.
(Anat.)
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.
(Zool.)
Any fish which has the ventral fins situated forward of the pectoral fins, or beneath the throat; one of a division of fishes (
Jugulares
).

Webster 1828 Edition


Jugular

JU'GULAR

,
Adj.
[L. jugulum, the neck, either from jugum, a yoke, or from its radical sense, to extend, to join. See Join.]
Pertaining to the neck or throat; as the jugular vein.

JU'GULAR

,
Noun.
A large vein of the neck.

Definition 2024


jugular

jugular

English

Adjective

jugular (not comparable)

  1. Relating to, or located near, the neck or throat.
  2. (zoology, of fish) Having ventral fins attached under the throat.
  3. (humorous) Relating to juggling.

Translations

Noun

jugular (plural jugulars)

  1. Vein through the neck (or thorax) that returns blood from the head back towards the heart. Properly this is called the jugular vein.
  2. By extension, any critical vulnerability.
    It was vicious; he went for the jugular.

Usage notes

The plural form jugulars is almost never used.

Quotations

  • One of Lionel's old Salthill friends with whom he exchanged perhaps a dozen words a year, and with whom he sometimes played squash, and tennis, both men killers on the court, seeking the jugular [...]. - "Middle Age : A Romance" (2001) by Joyce Carol Oates (Fourth Estate, paperback edition, 83)

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Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowing from Medieval Latin or Scientific Latin iugularis, jugularis, from Latin iugulum.

Adjective

jugular m, f (plural jugulares, comparable)

  1. jugular (relating to the neck or throat)

Noun

jugular f (plural jugulares)

  1. jugular vein

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Romanian

Etymology

Borrowing from French jugulaire, Medieval Latin or Scientific Latin iugularis, jugularis, from Latin iugulum.

Adjective

jugular m, n (feminine singular jugulară, masculine plural jugulari, feminine and neuter plural jugulare)

  1. jugular; pertaining to the neck or throat

Declension

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