- jugular
- n.jugular vein
to go for the jugular (colloq.) ('to attempt to finish off')
* * *['dʒʌgjʊlə]['jugular vein'] to go for the jugular ('to attempt to finish off; colloq.)
Combinatory dictionary. 2013.
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jugular — JUGULÁR, Ă, jugulari, e, adj. Care aparţine gâtului, privitor la gât, din regiunea gâtului. ♢ Venă jugulară = venă a gâtului care colectează sângele din regiunea capului şi a gâtului. – Din fr. jugulaire. Trimis de cata, 27.09.2006. Sursa: DEX 98 … Dicționar Român
Jugular — Ju gu*lar, a. [L. jugulum the collar bone, which joins together the shoulders and the breast, the throat, akin to jungere to yoke, to join: cf. F. jugulaire. See {Join}.] [1913 Webster] 1. (Anat.) (a) Of or pertaining to the throat or neck; as,… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
jugular — [jug′yo͞o lər, jug′yələr; jo͞og′yo͞o lər, jo͞og′yə lər; ] often [ jug′lər] adj. [LL jugularis < L jugulum, collarbone, neck, throat, dim. of jugum, a YOKE] 1. of the neck or throat 2. of a jugular vein 3. Zool. of or having ventral fins in… … English World dictionary
Jugular — Ju gu*lar, n. [Cf. F. jugulaire. See {Jugular}, a.] [1913 Webster] 1. (Anat.) One of the large veins which return the blood from the head to the heart through two chief trunks, an external and an internal, on each side of the neck; called also… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
jugular — adj. 2 g. 1. [Anatomia] Do pescoço ou a ele relativo. • s. m. 2. Veia jugular. • v. tr. 3. Debelar; extinguir. 4. Evitar que se desenvolva. 5. Decapitar. 6. Assassinar … Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa
jugular — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ of the neck or throat. ► NOUN ▪ a jugular vein. ORIGIN from Latin jugulum collarbone, throat , from jugum yoke … English terms dictionary
Jugulār — (v. lat. Jugŭlum, Kehle, Kehlgrube), auf die Kehle sich beziehend, so: Jugularvenen, so v.w. Drosseladern etc. Daher Jugulargeräusch, (Nonnengeräusch), ein durch tönendes Vibriren der Jugularvenenwand od. deren Klappenapparat bedingtes Rauschen,… … Pierer's Universal-Lexikon
Jugulār — (lat.), die Kehle (jugulum) betreffend; vinae jugulares, die Drosseladern (s. d.) … Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon
Jugular — Jugular, lat. deutsch, was sich auf die Kehle bezieht, z.B. Jugularvenen, die Drosseladern … Herders Conversations-Lexikon
jugular — (adj.) 1590s, pertaining to the throat or neck (especially in reference to the great veins of the neck), from Mod.L. jugularis, from L. iugulum collarbone, throat, neck, dim. of iugum yoke, related to iungere to join, from PIE *yeug to join (Cf.… … Etymology dictionary
Jugular — The principal vein in the front of either side of the neck. The word comes from the Latin jugulum meaning throat. The jugular is "the vein of the throat" or in ancient times "the sacrificial vein." * * * 1. Relating to the… … Medical dictionary
