Jugular

//ˈd͡ʒʌɡ.jʊl.ə//

Synonyms for "jugular" (3 found)

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Closest matches (1)

jugular vein

Strong matches (1)

Noun(1 words)

jugular vein

Related words (1)

Noun(1 words)

vena jugularis

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

6 relation types

More general

6 entries

soft spot vein vena venous blood vessel weak part weak spot

Synonyms

1 entries

jugular vein

derived

12 entries

abdominojugular go for the jugular hepatojugular hepatojugularometer intrajugular jugular foramen jugular notch jugular trunk jugular vein jugular venous pressure jugulo transjugular

has context

3 entries

anatomy humorous zoology

is a

1 entries

weak part

related to

8 entries

critical fin juggling jugular vein neck throat ventral vulnerability

Translations

19 translations across 15 languages.

Bulgarian

1 entries

отнасящ се до шията adj (relating to the neck or throat)

Catalan

1 entries

jugular adj (relating to the neck or throat)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries

頸的 /颈的 adj (relating to the neck or throat)
頸靜脈的 /颈静脉的 adj (relating to the jugular vein)

Czech

3 entries

hrdelní adj (relating to the neck or throat)
jugulární adj (relating to the neck or throat)
krční adj (relating to the neck or throat)

Dutch

1 entries

jugulair adj (relating to the neck or throat)

Finnish

2 entries

kaula adj (relating to the neck or throat)
akilleenkantapää noun (critical vulnerability)

French

1 entries

jugulaire adj (relating to the neck or throat)

Galician

1 entries

xugular adj (relating to the neck or throat)

Greek

1 entries

τραχηλικός adj (relating to the neck or throat)

Ido

1 entries

faucala adj (relating to the neck or throat)

Marathi

1 entries

गल adj (relating to the neck or throat)

Polish

1 entries

szyjny adj (relating to the neck or throat)

Portuguese

1 entries

jugular adj (relating to the neck or throat)

Russian

1 entries

ше́йный adj (relating to the neck or throat)

Spanish

1 entries

yugular adj (relating to the neck or throat)

Sample sentences

5 total sentences available.

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Tom went for the jugular.

Source: tatoeba (9628236)

The jugular vein is located on the side of your neck.

Source: tatoeba (9666207)

Worn on the neck, the device records central blood pressure in the carotid artery, internal jugular vein and external jugular vein.

Source: tatoeba (12073595)

It was vicious; he went for the jugular.

Source: wiktionary

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