EXTERNAL JUGULAR VEIN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does external jugular vein mean? 

• EXTERNAL JUGULAR VEIN (noun)
  The noun EXTERNAL JUGULAR VEIN has 1 sense:

1. formed by the junction of the posterior auricular and the retromandibular veins; empties into the subclavian vein

  Familiarity information: EXTERNAL JUGULAR VEIN used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• EXTERNAL JUGULAR VEIN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Formed by the junction of the posterior auricular and the retromandibular veins; empties into the subclavian vein

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("external jugular vein" is a kind of...):

jugular; jugular vein; vena jugularis (veins in the neck that return blood from the head)

 Context examples 

It terminates in the external jugular vein.

(Anterior Jugular Vein, NCI Thesaurus)

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

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)