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Webster 1913 Edition

Occipital

Oc-cip′i-tal

,
Adj.
[Cf. F.
occipital
.]
(Anat.)
Of or pertaining to the occiput, or back part of the head, or to the occipital bone.
Occipital bone
(Anat.)
,
the bone which forms the posterior segment of the skull and surrounds the great foramen by which the spinal cord leaves the cranium. In the higher vertebrates it is usually composed of four bones, which become consolidated in the adult.
–
Occipital point
(Anat.)
,
the point of the occiput in the mesial plane farthest from the ophryon.

Oc-cip′i-tal

,
Noun.
(Anat.)
The occipital bone.

Webster 1828 Edition

Occipital

OCCIP'ITAL

,
Adj.
[from L. occiput, the back part of the heat; ob and caput.]
Pertaining to the back part of the head, or to the occiput.

Definition 2024

occipital

occipital

English

Adjective

occipital ‎(not comparable)

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

Derived terms

  • occipital crest
  • occipital cryoneurolysis
  • occipital ganglion
  • occipital groove
  • occipital lobe
  • occipital nerve
  • occipital neuralgia
  • occipital pole
  • occipital protuberance
  • occipital ridge
  • occipital scale
  • occipital sinus
  • occipital triangle
  • occipital vein
  • otoccipital

Translations

Noun

occipital ‎(plural occipitals)

  1. (anatomy) The occipital bone.
  2. An occipital scale in reptiles.

Translations

Catalan

Etymology

occípit +‎ -al

Adjective

occipital m, f ‎(masculine and feminine plural occipitals)

  1. occipital

Noun

occipital m ‎(plural occipitals)

  1. occipital bone

Galician

Adjective

occipital m, f (plural occipitais)

  1. (anatomy) occipital, pertaining to the back of the head

Noun

occipital m ‎(plural occipitais)

  1. (anatomy) the occipital bone

Portuguese

Etymology

From New Latin occipitalis, from Latin occiput ‎(“the back of the head”), from ob ‎(“over against”) + caput ‎(“head”), from Proto-Indo-European *kauput-.

Pronunciation

  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ok.si.pi.ˈtaw/

Adjective

occipital m, f ‎(plural occipitais, not comparable)

  1. (anatomy) occipital, pertaining to the back of the head

Related terms

Noun

occipital m (plural occipitais)

  1. (anatomy) the occipital bone

Hypernyms

Holonyms

Coordinate terms

Spanish

Adjective

occipital m, f ‎(plural occipitales)

  1. (anatomy) occipital

Noun

occipital m ‎(plural occipitales)

  1. occipital bone
  2. (muscle) occipitalis
  3. occipital lobe

Synonyms

See also

Etymology

From Middle French occipital, from Medieval Latin occipitalis, from Latin occiput ‎(“the back of the head”), from ob ‎(“over against”) + caput ‎(“head”).

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