occiput

[ ok-suh-puht, -puht ]

/ ˈɒk səˌpʌt, -pət /

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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.

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Origin of occiput

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

Words nearby occiput

Occidentalize, occipital, occipital bone, occipital condyle, occipital lobe, occiput, Occitan, Occleve, occlude, occluded front, occlusion

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How to use occiput in a sentence

Most of the specimens have some form of an irregular, usually broken, dark line from the occiput to the groin.
The Amphibians and Reptiles of Michoacn, Mxico|William E. Duellman
The forehead and bregma rapidly escape below, and the occiput passes out last.
The Matron's Manual of Midwifery, and the Diseases of Women During Pregnancy and in Childbed|Frederick Hollick
Paroccipital, par-ok-sip′i-tal, adj. situated near the occiput.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R)|Various
There is one of these on the occiput that is in a triangular shape.
A Synopsis of Neotropical Hylid Frogs, Genus Osteocephalus|Linda Trueb

Then the small occipital, distributed to the ear and to the occiput.
Neuralgia and the Diseases that Resemble it|Francis E. Anstie

British Dictionary definitions for occiput

occiput

/ (ˈɒksɪˌpʌt, -pət) /

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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