occiput
Americannoun
noun
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Etymology
Origin of occiput
1350–1400; Middle English < Latin, equivalent to oc- oc- + -ciput, combining form of caput head
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The vertex presentation known as the occiput anterior vertex is the most common presentation and is associated with the greatest ease of vaginal birth.
From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013
I felt her glance slide through me and out my occiput and knew that I was uncommonly transparent to her; that everybody was.
From "I, Robot" by Isaac Asimov
And his staff college was just his own occiput.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 150, June 21st, 1916 by Various
Occip′ital, pertaining to the occiput or back part of the head.—n. the occipital bone.—adv.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) by Various
And again: "The contraction often involved all of the extensor muscles of the spine, and the trunk formed an arch opening backward and resting upon the occiput and sacrum."
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
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