occiput

[ ok-suh-puht, -puht ]

noun,plural oc·ci·puts, oc·cip·i·ta [ok-sip-i-tuh]. /ɒkˈsɪp ɪ tə/. Anatomy.
  1. the back part of the head or skull.

Origin of occiput

1
1350–1400; Middle English <Latin, equivalent to oc-oc- + -ciput, combining form of caput head

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occiput

/ (ˈɒksɪˌpʌt, -pət) /


nounplural occiputs or occipita (ɒkˈsɪpɪtə)
  1. the back part of the head or skull

Origin of occiput

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C14: from Latin, from ob- at the back of + caput head

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