occiput

[ ok-suh-puht, -puht ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

, Anatomy.

, plural oc·ci·puts, oc·cip·i·ta [ok-, sip, -i-t, uh].

occiput

/ -pət; ˈɒksɪˌpʌt /

Origin of occiput¹

1350–1400; Middle English < Latin, equivalent to oc- oc- + -ciput, combining form of caput head

Origin of occiput¹

C14: from Latin, from ob- at the back of + caput head

Most of the specimens have some form of an irregular, usually broken, dark line from the occiput to the groin.

The forehead and bregma rapidly escape below, and the occiput passes out last.

Paroccipital, par-ok-sip′i-tal, adj. situated near the occiput.

There is one of these on the occiput that is in a triangular shape.

Then the small occipital, distributed to the ear and to the occiput.

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