occiput

[ok-suh-puht, -puh t]

noun, plural oc·ci·puts, oc·cip·i·ta

[ok-sip-i-tuh] /ɒkˈsɪp ɪ tə/. Anatomy.

the back part of the head or skull.

Origin of occiput

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

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Examples from the Web for occiput

Historical Examples of occiput

He then dashed in and uppercut his opponent severely on the occiput.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, September 2nd, 1914
Various
For its antagonism in Ostentation we should look to the occiput.
Buchanan's Journal of Man, December 1887
Various
See these peculiarities in the frontal sinus—in sinciput or occiput!
Pictures of Southern Life
William Howard Russell
His hand went to the back of his head and patted his occiput—a gesture frequent with him.
Kipps
H. G. Wells
There is one of these on the occiput that is in a triangular shape.
A Synopsis of Neotropical Hylid Frogs, Genus Osteocephalus
Linda Trueb

British Dictionary definitions for occiput

occiput

noun plural occiputs or occipita (ɒkˈsɪpɪtə)

the back part of the head or skull

Word Origin for occiput

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

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occiput in Medicine

occiput

[ŏk′sə-pŭt′, -pət]

n. pl. oc•ci•puts

The back part of the head or skull.