occipital
Americanadjective
noun
adjective
noun
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Etymology
Origin of occipital
1535–45; < Medieval Latin occipitālis, equivalent to Latin occipit- (stem of occiput ) occiput + -ālis -al 1
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The occipital lobe is the visual processing area of the brain and a stroke in this area can cause an array of visual impairments.
From BBC • Feb. 19, 2025
The 25-year-old revealed in March that she sustained a "left occipital infarct" last year but there was no lasting damage to her brain or vision.
From BBC • Dec. 9, 2024
There were also differences in the interaction between the hippocampus and the visual cortex, which is responsible for processing and integrating visual information in the brain and is located in the occipital lobe.
From Science Daily • Feb. 27, 2024
A study published last year in the Journal of Neuroscience revealed that canines’ brain has a direct connection between their olfactory bulb, which processes smell, and their occipital lobe, which processes vision.
From Scientific American • Oct. 4, 2023
Each hemisphere has its own frontal, parietal, occipital, and temporal lobes.
From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman
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