Noun
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a vital part that is vulnerable to attack; "he always goes for the jugular"
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weak part,
weak spot,
soft spot a place of especial vulnerability
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veins in the neck that return blood from the head
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jugular vein,
vena jugularis |
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vena,
venous blood vessel,
vein one of the horny ribs that stiffen and support the wing of an insect
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cervix,
neck necklike opening to the uterus
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anterior jugular vein arises below the chin from veins draining the lower face; joins the external jugular vein
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external jugular vein formed by the junction of the posterior auricular and the retromandibular veins; empties into the subclavian vein
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Adjective
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relating to or located in the region of the neck or throat; "jugular vein"
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