jugular

Examples

• All

• The jugular vein is severed.

  House of Frankenstein (1944)

• Doctor, you testified the victim was stabbed in the jugular vein, did you not?

  Bonnie & Clyde: Justified (2013)

• - The jugular vein was cut.

  Stranger on the Third Floor (1940)

• Only a small portion of the tumor was left within the jugular foramen.

  Academic text (2008)

• Blood samples were collected from the jugular vein of all the control and yeast-supplemented heifers.

  Academic text (2015)

• Well, the jugular veins, the carotid arteries, the esophagus, the trachea were cut straight across.

  The Monster of Piedras Blancas (1959)

• The surgeon carefully repaired the damaged jugular vein during the operation.

• In the anatomy class, we studied the structure of the jugular veins in detail.

• The doctor explained that a wound to the jugular region can be life-threatening.

Idioms

H

to hit the jugular

9.3

To attack the most important part of an argument or plan

Compounds

J

jugular vein

• Specialized

5 4.6

A large tube in the neck that carries blood from the head to the heart

E

external jugular vein

• Specialized

1 4.3

A large tube at the side of the neck that carries blood from the head to the chest

I

internal jugular vein

• Specialized

1 5.2

A large tube inside the neck that carries blood from the head to the heart

A

anterior jugular vein

• Specialized

6.8

A vein at the front of the neck that starts below the chin and joins the external jugular vein

J

jugular point

• Informal

9.9

The weakest part of something that can make it fail when attacked

Surface Forms

Etymology