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occipital

[ ok-sip-i-tl ]

adjective

  1. of, relating to, or situated near the occiput or the occipital bone.


noun

  1. any of several parts of the occiput, especially the occipital bone.

occipital

/ ɒkˈsɪpɪtəl /

adjective

  1. of or relating to the back of the head or skull


noun

  1. short for occipital bone

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Other Words From

  • oc·cipi·tal·ly adverb
  • preoc·cipi·tal adjective
  • super·oc·cipi·tal adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of occipital1

1535–45; < Medieval Latin occipitālis, equivalent to Latin occipit- (stem of occiput ) occiput + -ālis -al 1

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Example Sentences

Their brains, we discovered, were marked by cortical thickness across broad and pervasive regions of the parietal, occipital, and precuneus—areas of perception, reflection, and orientation.

The story of literacy, Luther, and your left ventral occipital temporal region is but one example in a much larger scientific mosaic that is just now coalescing.

The foramen magnum, occipital condyles, and exoccipitals show no unusual features.

In Satyrus Cassi, the head is armed with three occipital stout spines.

A similar cavity is between the occipital horns of Diaperis hmorrhoidalis Payk.

Of six specimens from Agua del Obispo, Guerrero, four have poorly developed occipital crests.

In three of the specimens from Tehuantepec the occipital crests are reduced to a series of tubercles.

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