vena jugularis

1. 1.

   veins in the neck that return blood from the head

   Synonymsjugular veinjugular

   Broadervein

   Narroweranterior jugular veinexternal jugular veininternal jugular vein

   Part ofneck

Questions about vena jugularis

What does vena jugularis mean?

vena jugularis means "veins in the neck that return blood from the head".

What is another word for vena jugularis?

Close synonyms include jugular vein, jugular. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is vena jugularis a common word?

vena jugularis is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.