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jugular Definition

jugu·lar (jugyo̵̅o̅ lər, -yə-; -jo̵̅o̅g-; often juglər)

adjective

  1. of the neck or throat
  2. of a jugular vein
  3. Zool. of or having ventral fins in front of the pectoral, under the throat

Etymology: LL jugularis < L jugulum, collarbone, neck, throat, dim. of jugum, a yoke

noun

jugular vein

jugular Idioms

go for the jugular

Informal to be utterly ruthless, as with an opponent

jugular Usage Examples

Adjective modifier

  • emotional: I had been so determined not to, but the bastards went for the emotional jugular.
  • internal: The average length of catheter needed for an adult internal jugular or subclavian approach is 15cm.
  • external: The largest veins were cut, and the external jugular was also cut, but no great artery beside.

Modifies a noun

  • vein: In order to place a sterile catheter a small area of hair is clipped over the jugular vein.
  • pressure: There was also ankle edema and raised jugular venous pressure.
  • foramen: The latter also extended to the jugular foramen, just short of intracranial involvement.
  • saturation: Jugular venous bulb saturation is the oxygen saturation of venous blood in the jugular bulb which is at the base of the skull.
  • catheter: On the day the foals were born, they all had a jugular vein catheter inserted under local anesthesia.
  • cannulation: Carotid artery pseudoaneurysm with Horner's syndrome: delayed complication of internal jugular venous cannulation ( 77kb ) M Maston Hospital Medicine, Vol.

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