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suboccipital

American

[suhb-ok-sip-i-tl] / ˌsʌb ɒkˈsɪp ɪ tl /

adjective

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

Etymology

Origin of suboccipital

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

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