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Jugular vs Transjugular - What's the difference?

jugular | transjugular |

As adjectives the difference between jugular and transjugular

is that jugular is relating to, or located near, the neck or throat while transjugular is through the jugular.

As a noun jugular

is vein through the neck (or thorax) that returns blood from the head back towards the heart properly this is called the jugular vein.

jugular

English

Adjective

(-)
  • Relating to, or located near, the neck or throat.
  • (zoology, of fish) Having ventral fins attached under the throat.
  • (humorous) Relating to juggling.

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • Vein through the neck (or thorax) that returns blood from the head back towards the heart. Properly this is called the jugular vein.
  • By extension, any critical vulnerability.
    • It was vicious; he went for the jugular .

    Usage notes

    The plural form (jugulars) is almost never used.

    Quotations

    * One of Lionel's old Salthill friends with whom he exchanged perhaps a dozen words a year, and with whom he sometimes played squash, and tennis, both men killers on the court, seeking the jugular [...]. - "Middle Age : A Romance" (2001) by (Fourth Estate, paperback edition, 83)

    Synonyms

    * jugular vein

    Derived terms

    * go for the jugular

    transjugular

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Through the jugular.