jugular vein

British  

noun

1. any of three large veins of the neck that return blood to the heart from the head and face

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jugular vein Scientific  

/ jŭg′yə-lər /

1. Either of the two large veins on either side of the neck in mammals that drain blood from the head and return it to the heart.

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Example Sentences

“She would have cut someone’s jugular vein out by this point,” McGhee said.

From Los Angeles Times

In 2010, a rooster killed its owner by slashing his jugular vein in West Bengal state.

From Seattle Times

He used his arm and hand against the victim’s windpipe and throat, as well as carotid artery and jugular vein, the indictment said.

From Washington Post

Softsonics is developing a soft, flexible patch that can be worn on the skin over the carotid artery or jugular vein, and which uses pulses of ultrasound to measure blood pressure1.

From Nature

Stone also revealed that a clothesline cut her neck "within a 16th of an inch of her jugular vein" at just 14 years old, and of course, she suffered a ruptured brain aneurysm in 2001.

From Fox News