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suboccipital

[ suhb-ok-sip-i-tl ]

/ ˌsʌb ɒkˈsɪp ɪ tl /

adjective

situated below the occipital bone or the occipital lobe of the brain.

Words nearby suboccipital

subnormal, subnotebook, subnuclear, subnuclear particle, subnucleus, suboccipital, suboccipital muscle, suboccipital nerve, suboccipitobregmatic diameter, suboceanic, subofficer

Origin of suboccipital

1725–35; < New Latin suboccipitālis; see sub-, occipital

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Suboccipital, sub-ok-sip′i-tal, adj. situated behind the occiput, or on the under surface of the occipital lobe of the brain.
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