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How to pronounce jugular in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms jugular vein, vena jugularis
Type of vein, vena, venous blood vessel
Has types external jugular vein, anterior jugular vein, internal jugular vein
Type Words
Type of weak spot, soft spot, weak part


he always goes for the jugular.
Type Words
Derivation jugular vein


jugular vein.

Examples of jugular

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Vagal pathways include neurons originating in paired nodose and jugular ganglia.
From the nature.com
It's hard to go for the jugular when your party's the one that's been in control.
From the lohud.com
One patient survived despite a concomitant injury to the internal jugular vein.
From the en.wikipedia.org
The calendar and the nature of their campaigns argues against jugular politics.
From the edition.cnn.com
He knows where the jugular is and he isn't afraid to go for it with a chainsaw.
From the guardian.co.uk
Perhaps understandable but I think last season we would have gone for the jugular.
From the expressandstar.com
The mentality is to go for the jugular, because that is what playoff teams do.
From the jsonline.com
Each set is composed of an external jugular vein and an internal jugular vein.
From the delawareonline.com
Higgins had severed the large, interior jugular vein on the left side of his neck.
From the ocregister.com
More examples
  • Relating to or located in the region of the neck or throat; "jugular vein"
  • Jugular vein: veins in the neck that return blood from the head
  • A vital part that is vulnerable to attack; "he always goes for the jugular"
  • Jugum is Latin for a yoke or collar. Jugulum is a diminutive derived from it meaning the throat or neck in the collar-bone region. This is the part of the body where an ox, for example, carries the yoke. And jugular is the adjective referring to the jugulum. ...
  • The main vein in the body, returning to the heart
  • Pertaining to the throat area