Phrase guide

jugular vein

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

veins in the neck that return blood from the head

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: vena jugularis, jugular

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: vein, vena, venous blood vessel

Narrower terms: anterior jugular vein, external jugular vein, internal jugular vein

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

27 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: وَدَج (wadaj) — vein leading blood down from the head
  • Arabic: حَبْل الوَرِيد (ḥabl al-warīd) — vein leading blood down from the head
  • Bulgarian: голяма шийна вена (goljama šijna vena) — vein leading blood down from the head
  • Chinese Mandarin: 頸靜脈 /颈静脉 (jǐngjìngmài) — vein leading blood down from the head
  • Czech: hrdelnice — vein leading blood down from the head
  • Danish: halsvene — vein leading blood down from the head
  • Danish: jugularvene — vein leading blood down from the head
  • Dutch: halsader — vein leading blood down from the head
  • Esperanto: jugola vejno — vein leading blood down from the head
  • Finnish: kaulalaskimo — vein leading blood down from the head
  • French: jugulaire — vein leading blood down from the head
  • Galician: vea xugular — vein leading blood down from the head
  • German: Jugularvene — vein leading blood down from the head
  • German: Halsader — vein leading blood down from the head
  • German: Drosselvene — vein leading blood down from the head
  • Ingrian: kaglasooni — vein leading blood down from the head
  • Irish: cuingealach — vein leading blood down from the head
  • Irish: féith scornaigh — vein leading blood down from the head
  • Irish: féith chuingealach — vein leading blood down from the head
  • Japanese: 頸静脈 (keijōmyaku) — vein leading blood down from the head
  • Māori: ia-auraki kakī — vein leading blood down from the head
  • Polish: żyła szyjna — vein leading blood down from the head
  • Portuguese: jugular — vein leading blood down from the head
  • Romanian: venă jugulară — vein leading blood down from the head
  • Russian: яре́мная ве́на (jarémnaja véna) — vein leading blood down from the head
  • Spanish: yugular — vein leading blood down from the head
  • Swahili: halkumu — vein leading blood down from the head