jugular

jugu·lar (jug′yo̵̅o̅ lər, -yə-; -jo̵̅o̅g′-; often jug′lər)

adjective

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

noun

go for the jugular

Informal to be utterly ruthless, as with an opponent

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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