different between jugular vs carotid

English

Etymology

From Late Latin jugul?ris, from iugulum (“neck, throat”), from iugum (“yoke”), from Proto-Indo-European *yugóm.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?d???.j?.l?/, /?d???.j?.l?/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?d???.j?.l?/, /?d???.j?.l?/

Adjective

jugular (not comparable)

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

Translations

Noun

jugular (plural jugulars)

1. (anatomy) A jugular vein.
2. (by extension) Any critical vulnerability.

   It was vicious; he went for the jugular.

Usage notes

The plural form jugulars is almost never used.

Synonyms

• jugular vein

Derived terms

• go for the jugular

Translations

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin or Scientific Latin iugularis, jugularis, from Latin iugulum.

Adjective

jugular m or f (plural jugulares, comparable)

1. jugular (relating to the neck or throat)

Noun

jugular f (plural jugulares)

1. jugular vein

Related terms

• jugo

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French jugulaire, Medieval Latin or Scientific Latin iugularis, jugularis, from Latin iugulum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?u.?u?lar/

Adjective

jugular m or n (feminine singular jugular?, masculine plural jugulari, feminine and neuter plural jugulare)

1. jugular; pertaining to the neck or throat

Declension

Related terms

• ven? jugular?
• junghia

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French carotide or New Latin car?tides, from Ancient Greek ?????????? (kar?tídes, “carotid arteries”), from ????? (karó?, “to plunge into deep sleep or torpor”) +? -?????? (-tídes, plural nominal suffix), from the fact that the carotid artery supplies blood to the brain, and interruption of this flow causes loss of consciousness.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /k????t.?d/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /k????t.?d/
• Rhymes: -?t?d

Noun

carotid (plural carotids)

1. (anatomy) Any of a number of major arteries in the head and neck.

   Synonym: carotid artery

Derived terms

• carotidal
• carotidean
• carotidial

Translations

Adjective

carotid (not comparable)

1. (anatomy) Of or pertaining to the carotid artery.

   Synonyms: carotidal, carotidean

Derived terms

Translations

References

• “carotid”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
• “carotid”, in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary, (Please provide a date or year).

Anagrams

• actroid, arctoid, dartoic