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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
foramen2.
(Zool.)
Having the ventral fins beneath the throat; – said of certain fishes.
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.
Pertaining to the neck or throat; as the jugular vein.
JU'GULAR
,Noun.
Definition 2024
jugular
jugular
English
Adjective
jugular (not comparable)
- Relating to, or located near, the neck or throat.
- (zoology, of fish) Having ventral fins attached under the throat.
- (humorous) Relating to juggling.
Translations
relating to the neck or throat
Noun
jugular (plural jugulars)
- Vein through the neck (or thorax) that returns blood from the head back towards the heart. Properly this is called the jugular vein.
- 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)
Synonyms
Derived terms
Translations
vein through the neck — see jugular vein
critical vulnerability
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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)
- jugular (relating to the neck or throat)
Noun
jugular f (plural jugulares)
Related terms
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)
Declension
declension of jugular
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
| nominative/ accusative |
indefinite | jugular | jugulară | jugulari | jugulare | ||
| definite | jugularul | jugulara | jugularii | jugularele | |||
| genitive/ dative |
indefinite | jugular | jugulare | jugulari | jugulare | ||
| definite | jugularului | jugularei | jugularilor | jugularelor | |||
Related terms
- venă jugulară
- junghia