Definition of jugular vein Jugular vein
jug•u•lar vein
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What does jugular vein mean?
WordNet
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| jugular vein - veins in the neck that return blood from the head | ||
| vena jugularis, jugular | ||
| vena, venous blood vessel, vein one of the horny ribs that stiffen and support the wing of an insect | ||
| cervix, neck necklike opening to the uterus | ||
| anterior jugular vein arises below the chin from veins draining the lower face; joins the external jugular vein | ||
| external jugular vein formed by the junction of the posterior auricular and the retromandibular veins; empties into the subclavian vein | ||
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Wiktionary 
- jugular vein (Noun)
Any of several veins on each side of the neck, which drain the brain, face and neck of deoxygenated blood.
