JUGULAR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does jugular mean? 

• JUGULAR (noun)
  The noun JUGULAR has 2 senses:

1. veins in the neck that return blood from the head

2. a vital part that is vulnerable to attack

  Familiarity information: JUGULAR used as a noun is rare.

• JUGULAR (adjective)
  The adjective JUGULAR has 1 sense:

1. relating to or located in the region of the neck or throat

  Familiarity information: JUGULAR used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• JUGULAR (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Veins in the neck that return blood from the head

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

jugular; jugular vein; vena jugularis

Hypernyms ("jugular" is a kind of...):

vein; vena; venous blood vessel (a blood vessel that carries blood from the capillaries toward the heart)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "jugular"):

anterior jugular vein (arises below the chin from veins draining the lower face; joins the external jugular vein)

external jugular vein (formed by the junction of the posterior auricular and the retromandibular veins; empties into the subclavian vein)

internal jugular vein (a continuation of the sigmoid sinus of the dura mater; joins the subclavian vein to form the brachiocephalic vein)

Holonyms ("jugular" is a part of...):

cervix; neck (the part of an organism (human or animal) that connects the head to the rest of the body)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A vital part that is vulnerable to attack

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Context example:

he always goes for the jugular

Hypernyms ("jugular" is a kind of...):

soft spot; weak part; weak spot (a place of especial vulnerability)

Derivation:

jugular (relating to or located in the region of the neck or throat)

• JUGULAR (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Relating to or located in the region of the neck or throat

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Context example:

jugular vein

Pertainym:

neck (the part of an organism (human or animal) that connects the head to the rest of the body)

Derivation:

jugular (a vital part that is vulnerable to attack)

jugular vein (veins in the neck that return blood from the head)

 Context examples 

Damage to the jugular vein from traumatic or pathologic processes.

(Injury to Jugular Vein, NCI Thesaurus)

Slowly it shifted up along the jugular.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

Of, or pertaining to, the liver and jugular vein.

(Hepatojugular, NCI Thesaurus)

A finding of damage to the jugular vein.

(Injury to Jugular Vein, NCI Thesaurus/CTCAE)

It originates in the brainstem and passes through the jugular foramen.

(Glossopharyngeal Nerve, NCI Thesaurus)

A rare intracranial schwannoma that affects the jugular foramen.

(Jugular Foramen Schwannoma, NCI Thesaurus)

A neoplasm that affects the jugular foramen.

(Jugular Foramen Neoplasm, NCI Thesaurus)

He sprang at the foremost man (it was the chief of the Yeehats), ripping the throat wide open till the rent jugular spouted a fountain of blood.

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)

Just over the external jugular vein there were two punctures, not large, but not wholesome-looking.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

It terminates in the external jugular vein.

(Anterior Jugular Vein, NCI Thesaurus)