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Webster 1913 Edition

Jugular

Ju′gu-lar

,
Adj.
[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
.]
1.
(Anat.)
(a)
Of or pertaining to the throat or neck;
as, the
jugular
vein
.
(b)
Of or pertaining to the jugular vein;
as, the
jugular
foramen
.
2.
(Zool.)
Having the ventral fins beneath the throat; – said of certain fishes.

Ju′gu-lar

,
Noun.
[Cf. F.
jugulaire
. See
Jugular
,
Adj.
]
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
jugular vein
.
2.
(Zool.)
Any fish which has the ventral fins situated forward of the pectoral fins, or beneath the throat; one of a division of fishes (
Jugulares
).

Webster 1828 Edition

Jugular

JU'GULAR

,
Adj.
[L. jugulum, the neck, either from jugum, a yoke, or from its radical sense, to extend, to join. See Join.]
Pertaining to the neck or throat; as the jugular vein.

JU'GULAR

,
Noun.
A large vein of the neck.

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