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occipital
/ɑkˈsɪp.ət.l̩/
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What does occipital mean?
adjective
- Of, pertaining to, or located within or near the occiput (back of the head) or the occipital bone.
noun
- Ellipsis of occipital bone.
- An occipital scale in reptiles.
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SKULL--The skull should be flat rather than domed, and have a slight indentation running up the centre, the occipital peak not prominent.
He had a very well-formed head, with a shapely, symmetrical balance of the frontal and the occipital development, and a good deal of straight, rather dry brown hair.
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If the bird is sitting on a branch I know, in spite of all my occipital movement, that it is quiet, but only because I perceive and observe the bird’s immobility.
In the surgeon’s deposition it was stated that the posterior third of the left parietal bone and the left half of the occipital bone had been shattered by a heavy blow from a blunt weapon.