Definition of Occipital
1. Adjective. Of or relating to the occiput. "Occipital bone"
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
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Medical Definition of Occipital
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Literary usage of Occipital
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1. Anatomy, Descriptive and Surgical by Henry Gray (1901)
"It is connected with the occipital lobe by the second annexant gyrus. ...
The superior occipital convolution is situated above the superior sulcus, ..."
2. Quain's Elements of Anatomy by Jones Quain, Edward Albert Sharpey-Schäfer, George Dancer Thane, Johnson Symington (1893)
"It is bounded behind by the lower limb of the anterior occipital fissure. ...
occipital LOBE.—This lobe is very well marked off in Quadrumana by the deep ..."
3. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1864)
"Having dissected the anterior surface of the spine, the upper articular processes
of the atlas retained the normal relations to the occipital condyles ; but ..."
4. Medical Lexicon: A Dictionary of Medical Science : Containing a Concise by Robley Dunglison (1868)
"Th« surfaces of the occipital bona are separated by four ridges and four angles.
The two superior edges are articulated with the parietal bones; ..."
5. Anatomy of the Cat by Jacob Ellsworth Reighard, Herbert Spencer Jennings (1901)
"occipital Bone. Os occipitale (Figs. 17 and 18).—The occipital bone forms the
most caudal portion of the cranium, entering into the formation of its caudal ..."
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