jugular vein

British  

noun

1. any of three large veins of the neck that return blood to the heart from the head and face

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jugular vein Scientific  

/ jŭg′yə-lər /

1. Either of the two large veins on either side of the neck in mammals that drain blood from the head and return it to the heart.

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Example Sentences

Rather than requiring open brain surgery, it is installed into a person's jugular vein in their neck, then moved up to their brain through a blood vessel.

From BBC • Mar. 22, 2025

Fitted in a day in an outpatient setting, this device is threaded through the jugular vein to a vein on top of the motor cortex.

From Scientific American • Apr. 22, 2022

The band places about 1.2 pounds of pressure onto the wearer’s internal jugular vein, which carries oxygen-free blood from the brain back to the heart.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 8, 2021

Now it was large enough to compress one of the vessels leading to the jugular vein.

From New York Times • Mar. 31, 2021

Just over the external jugular vein there were two punctures, not large, but not wholesome-looking.

From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker