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Synonyms for jugular

Grammar : Adj
Spell : juhg-yuh-ler, joo-gyuh-
Phonetic Transcription : ˈdʒʌg yə lər, ˈdʒu gyə-

Définition of jugular

Origin :
  • 1590s, "pertaining to the throat or neck" (especially in reference to the great veins of the neck), from Modern Latin jugularis, from Latin iugulum "collarbone, throat, neck," diminutive of iugum "yoke," related to iungere "to join," from PIE *yeug- "to join" (cf. Sanskrit yugam "yoke," yunjati "binds, harnesses," yogah "union;" Hittite yugan "yoke;" Greek zygon "yoke," zeugnyanai "to join, unite;" Old Church Slavonic igo, Old Welsh iou "yoke;" Lithuanian jungas "yoke," jungiu "fastened in a yoke;" Old English geoc "yoke;" probably also Latin iuxta "close by"). As a noun, 1610s, from the adjective.
  • As in throaty : adj pertaining to the throat
Example sentences :
  • The rifle had missed his jugular vein by little more than an inch.
  • Extract from : « Bloom of Cactus » by Robert Ames Bennet
  • The mouth of the strange animal was resting upon his jugular vein.
  • Extract from : « The Desert Home » by Mayne Reid
  • The upper portion of the windpipe was severed, and likewise the jugular vein.
  • Extract from : « The Big Bow Mystery » by I. Zangwill
  • In the subcircular collar septum the two anterior (jugular) meshes are much smaller than the two posterior (cardinal) meshes.
  • Extract from : « Report on the Radiolaria Collected by H.M.S. Challenger During the Years 1873-1876, Second Part: Subclass Osculosa; Index » by Ernst Haeckel
  • There are no jugular plates and no marginal teeth in the jaws.
  • Extract from : « A Guide to the Study of Fishes, Volume 1 (of 2) » by David Starr Jordan
  • (ii) If there be thrombosis of the bulb of the jugular vein.
  • Extract from : « A System of Operative Surgery, Volume IV (of 4) » by Various
  • For thorough bleeding, the jugular vein is generally to be preferred.
  • Extract from : « Sheep, Swine, and Poultry » by Robert Jennings
  • There was no pain, just the throb of my jugular under his mouth.
  • Extract from : « The Test Colony » by Winston Marks
  • He went for the jugular: "Have you ever done anything like that before, Pheola?"
  • Extract from : « The Right Time » by Walter Bupp
  • Why is not the jugular vein as much at our disposal as the median vein?
  • Extract from : « The Essays of Montaigne, Complete » by Michel de Montaigne

Antonyms for jugular

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