jugular vein

English

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Noun

jugular vein (plural jugular veins)

1. (anatomy) Any of several veins on each side of the neck, which drain the brain, face and neck of deoxygenated blood.

Derived terms

• internal jugular vein

Translations

vein leading blood down from the head

• Arabic: حبل الوريد m
• Bulgarian: голяма шийна вена f (goljama šijna vena)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 頸靜脈／颈静脉 (jǐngjìngmài)

• Danish: halsvene c, jugularvene c
• Dutch: halsader (nl) m
• Esperanto: jugola vejno
• Finnish: kaulalaskimo
• French: jugulaire (fr) m
• Galician: vea xugular f
• German: Jugularvene f
• Ingrian: kaglasooni
• Irish: cuingealach m, féith scornaigh f, féith chuingealach f
• Japanese: 頸静脈 (keijōmyaku)
• Korean: please add this translation if you can
• Maori: ia-auraki kakī
• Polish: żyła szyjna f
• Portuguese: jugular (pt) f
• Romanian: venă jugulară (ro) f
• Russian: яре́мная ве́на (ru) m (jarémnaja véna)
• Spanish: yugular (es) f

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• Korean: ^{(please verify)} 경정맥 (gyeongjeongmaek)