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Jugular vein   /dʒˈugjələr veɪn/   Listen
Jugular vein

noun
1.
Veins in the neck that return blood from the head.  Synonyms: jugular, vena jugularis.



Related searches:
anterior jugular vein
external jugular vein
internal jugular vein


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"Jugular vein" Quotes from Famous Books



... ordered, "bare your neck and chest and turn your face up as far as you can." I pressed the jugular vein on both sides of his head for some minutes and said ...
— Beasts, Men and Gods • Ferdinand Ossendowski
... you not more respectful to the Suffragettes? You're polite enough to the Covenanters, and yet they fought and killed people, while we haven't killed even a policeman, though there's a constable in the Grange district whose jugular vein I would like fine to sever with my teeth for what he said to me when I was chalking pavements. If you don't admire us you shouldn't ...
— The Judge • Rebecca West


Words linked to "Jugular vein" :   external jugular vein, vein, neck, anterior jugular vein, vena jugularis, cervix, venous blood vessel, vena, internal jugular vein


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