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Major blood vessel in the neck
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jugular vein
Word definitions for jugular vein in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Jugular \Ju"gu*lar\, n. [Cf. F. jugulaire. See Jugular , a.] (Anat.) One of the large veins which return the blood from the head to the heart through two chief trunks, an external and an internal, on each side of the neck; -- called also the jugular vein ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. veins in the neck that return blood from the head [syn: vena jugularis , jugular ]
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
The jugular veins are veins that bring deoxygenated blood from the head back to the heart via the superior vena cava .
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context anatomy English) Any of several veins on each side of the neck, which drain the brain, face and neck of deoxygenated blood.