jugular vein

noun

Any of several veins on each side of the neck, which drain the brain, face and neck of deoxygenated blood.

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vena jugularisjugular
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Meanings

nounjugular vein (plural jugular veins)

plural jugular veins

  1. anatomyAny of several veins on each side of the neck, which drain the brain, face and neck of deoxygenated blood.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounveins in the neck that return blood from the head

Similar
vena jugularisjugular
Broader
veinvenavenous blood vessel
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jugular

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Arabic وَدَج, حَبْل الوَرِيد
  • وَدَج (wadaj)vein leading blood down from the head
  • حَبْل الوَرِيد (ḥabl al-warīd)vein leading blood down from the head
Bulgarian голяма шийна вена
  • голяма шийна вена (goljama šijna vena)vein leading blood down from the head
Chinese Mandarin 頸靜脈 /颈静脉
  • 頸靜脈 /颈静脉 (jǐngjìngmài)vein leading blood down from the head
Czech hrdelnice
  • hrdelnicevein leading blood down from the head
Danish halsvene, jugularvene
  • halsvenevein leading blood down from the head
  • jugularvenevein leading blood down from the head
Dutch halsader
  • halsadervein leading blood down from the head
Esperanto jugola vejno
  • jugola vejnovein leading blood down from the head
Finnish kaulalaskimo
  • kaulalaskimovein leading blood down from the head
French jugulaire
  • jugulairevein leading blood down from the head
German Jugularvene, Halsader
  • Jugularvenevein leading blood down from the head
  • Halsadervein leading blood down from the head
  • Drosselvenevein leading blood down from the head
Irish cuingealach, féith scornaigh
  • cuingealachvein leading blood down from the head
  • féith scornaighvein leading blood down from the head
  • féith chuingealachvein leading blood down from the head
Japanese 頸静脈
  • 頸静脈 (keijōmyaku)vein leading blood down from the head
Māori ia-auraki kakī
  • ia-auraki kakīvein leading blood down from the head
Polish żyła szyjna
  • żyła szyjnavein leading blood down from the head
Portuguese jugular
  • jugularvein leading blood down from the head
Romanian venă jugulară
  • venă jugularăvein leading blood down from the head
Russian яре́мная ве́на
  • яре́мная ве́на (jarémnaja véna)vein leading blood down from the head
Spanish yugular
  • yugularvein leading blood down from the head
Swahili halkumu
  • halkumuvein leading blood down from the head
Cite this entry
APA

jugular vein. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/jugular%20vein

MLA

“jugular vein.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/jugular%20vein. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “jugular vein,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/jugular%20vein.

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