jugular vein

noun

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

jugular vein

/ 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.

Example Sentences

Sheriff Bianco attributed Solis’s death to suffocation and blood loss after his jugular vein was punctured.

From Los Angeles Times

Hours later, as a doctor inserted a large-gauge transfusion line into his jugular vein, Junger sensed his father’s presence in the room.

From New York Times

A state investigation showed that the execution team repeatedly failed to insert an IV line in his arms, jugular vein, foot and subclavian vein in the upper torso, before eventually running a line through a vein in Lockett’s groin.

From Seattle Times

Hers, in 1897, bounced from an Atlanta newspaper to Waterloo, Iowa, to Rochester, N.Y., reporting that she had died onstage in San Francisco, bleeding to death from a burst jugular vein “while singing a high note.”

From Los Angeles Times

Min said the stabbing damaged Lee’s jugular vein but did not affect his artery, cranial nerve, esophagus or respiratory tract.

From Seattle Times