sinciput
Americannoun
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the forepart of the skull.
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the upper part of the skull.
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Origin of sinciput
1570–80; < Latin: literally, half-head < *sēm ( i ) -caput, equivalent to sēmi- semi- + caput head
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After the eighth day a cranial abscess spontaneously opened, from the sinciput to the occiput, and a large quantity of "corruption" was evacuated.
From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Pyle, Walter L. (Walter Lytle)
Wet your forefinger with your spittle; stick a broken gold-leaf on the sinciput; clip off a beggar's beard to make it tresses, kiss it; fall down before it; worship it.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 327, January, 1843 by Various
Then I scratched my sinciput, battling for light, But gave up the effort, supposing 'twas right; And herein give out, as my earnest intent, Whenever I fail to owe no man a cent.
From The Universal Reciter 81 Choice Pieces of Rare Poetical Gems by Various
A bump arose at once on my sinciput, and turned out to be as pretty an organ of order as one shall see on a summer's day.
From The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 4 by Poe, Edgar Allan
Do you sneeze, palpitate, or feel pain in sinciput or occiput, tibia, diaphragm or appendix?
From Where the Pavement Ends by Russell, John
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