2 entries under this word

Jugular

Jū'gu-lar, a.

adjective

a. [Fr. jugulaire, Sp. yugular, It. giugulare, N. Lat. jugularis, from Lat. jugulum, the collar-bone, which joins together the shoulders and the breast, the throat, from jungere, to yoke, to join.] (Anat.) Pertaining to the neck or throat; as, the jugular vein.

Jū'gu-lar, n.

noun

[Fr. jugulaire. See supra.]

(Anat.) One of the large veins by which the blood is returned from the head to the heart. Of these there are two on each side of the neck, one external, just under the skin, the other internal, running along by the carotid artery. Nysten.
(Ichth.) A certain fish which has the ventral fins situated forward of the pectoral fins.