jugular
pronunciation
How to pronounce jugular in British English:
UK [ˈdʒʌgjələ(r)]
How to pronounce jugular in American English:
US [ˈdʒʌɡjəlɚ]
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- Noun:
- veins in the neck that return blood from the head
- a vital part that is vulnerable to attack
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- Adjective:
- relating to or located in the region of the neck or throat
Word Origin
- jugular
- jugular: see yoke
- jugular (adj.)
- 1590s, "pertaining to the throat or neck" (especially in reference to the great veins of the neck), from Modern Latin jugularis, from Latin iugulum "collarbone, throat, neck," diminutive of iugum "yoke," related to iungere "to join," from PIE *yeug- "to join" (cognates: Sanskrit yugam "yoke," yunjati "binds, harnesses," yogah "union;" Hittite yugan "yoke;" Greek zygon "yoke," zeugnyanai "to join, unite;" Old Church Slavonic igo, Old Welsh iou "yoke;" Lithuanian jungas "yoke," jungiu "fastened in a yoke;" Old English geoc "yoke;" probably also Latin iuxta "close by"). As a noun, 1610s, from the adjective.
Example
- 1. Bilateral internal jugular vein stenting is also a rare procedure .
- 2. Internal jugular vein thrombosis : outcome and risk factors .
- 3. A strategic attack aimed at the enemy 's jugular .
- 4. Severed carotid and jugular complex .
- 5. Watch my jugular v ein throb .