suboccipital

[ suhb-ok-sip-i-tl ]

adjective

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of suboccipital¹

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

Example Sentences

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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