occiput

American  

[ok-suh-puht, -puht] / ˈɒk səˌpʌt, -pət /

noun

Anatomy.

plural

occiputs, occipita

1. the back part of the head or skull.

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occiput British  

/ -pət, ˈɒksɪˌpʌt /

noun

1. the back part of the head or skull

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Etymology

Origin of occiput

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

Example Sentences

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

We should elevate the occiput; and then, taking hold of the lower part of the face, we should lengthen it, not in a direction precisely antero-posterior, but downwards and forwards.

From Artistic Anatomy of Animals by Cuyer, ?douard

Dull Pain: In occiput; in hollow tooth, with trembling of heart; in upper molars; in gums, accompanied by hard stools.

From New, Old, and Forgotten Remedies: Papers by Many Writers by Anshutz, Edward Pollock

And his staff college was just his own occiput.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 150, June 21st, 1916 by Various