Definition of Occipital

1. Adjective. Of or relating to the occiput. "Occipital bone"

Partainyms: Occiput
Derivative terms: Occiput

Definition of Occipital

1. a. Of or pertaining to the occiput, or back part of the head, or to the occipital bone.

2. n. The occipital bone.

Definition of Occipital

1. Adjective. Of or pertaining to the occiput (back of the head) or the occipital bone ¹

2. Noun. (skeleton) The occipital bone. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Occipital

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Occipital

1. Of or pertaining to the occiput, or back part of the head, or to the occipital bone. Occipital bone, the point of the occiput in the mesial plane farthest from the ophryon. Origin: Cf. F. Occipital. The occipital bone. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Occipital

occident
occidentalise
occidentalism
occidentalize
occidentalized
occidentalizes
occidentalizing
occidentally
occidentals
occidentotropism
occidentotropisms
occidents
occiduous
occies
occipita
occipital anchorage
occipital angle of parietal bone
occipital artery
occipital belly of occipitofrontalis muscle
occipital bone
occipital bones
occipital border
occipital border of parietal bone
occipital border of temporal bone
occipital branch
occipital cerebral veins
occipital condyle
occipital emissary vein
occipital fontanel

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