jugular veinnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈdʒʌɡ.jə.lə ˌveɪn//ˈdʒʌɡ.jə.lɚ ˌveɪn/also jugularany of several large veins in the neck that carry blood from the head to the heart
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The circulatory system & blood
- Abo
- accessory pathway
- antigen
- atrioventricular
- auricular
- blood donor
- blood sugar
- corpuscle
- erectile
- intravenous
- mediastinal
- microvascular
- myocardial
- myocarditis
- myocardium
- palpitate
- pressure point
- pulse
- Rh factor
- semilunar valve
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Idiom(s)
go for the jugular