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Definition of: jugulate
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′gyə·lāt) v.t. ·lat·ed, ·lat·ing
1. Med. To arrest the course of (a disease) by drastic therapeutic measures.
2. Obs. To cut the throat of. [<L jugulatus, pp. of jugulare slay, cut the throat of <jugulum a collar bone]
—ju′gu·la′tion noun
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