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Definition of Occiput
1. Noun. Back part of the head or skull.
Definition of Occiput
1. n. The back, or posterior, part of the head or skull; the region of the occipital bone.
Definition of Occiput
1. Noun. (chiefly anatomy) The (back) part of the (head) or (skull) ((contradistinct) from (term sinciput)). ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Occiput
1. the back part of the skull [n -PITA or -PUTS]
Medical Definition of Occiput
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Origin: L, fr. Ob (see Ob-) + caput head. See Chief.
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Occiput
Literary usage of Occiput
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1860)
"occiput to right sacro-iliac junction. occiput upwards and backwards. 5. occiput to
left sacro-iliac junction. occiput downwards and backwards. 6. ..."
2. A Treatise on the science and practice of midwifery by William Smoult Playfair (1893)
"In such cases the face generally turns toward the pubes, the superior maxilla
becomes fixed behind the pubic arch, and the occiput sweeps over the perineum. ..."
3. Penny Cyclopaedia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge by Charles Knight (1843)
"the head of a fainter red than in the adults, interspersed occasionally with a
few black feathers ; occiput black ; black of the plumage generally tinged ..."
4. Practical Bandaging, Including Adhesive and Plaster-of-paris Dressings by Eldridge Lyon Eliason (1914)
"The untorn portion is placed over the occiput and the torn ends are crossed on
each side ... This bandage is similar in construction to that of the occiput. ..."
5. Physical anthropology of the Lenape or Delawares, and of the eastern Indians by Aleš Hrdlička (1916)
"62 occiput When we eliminate .all the cases that show any trace of artificial
... Among these, three-fourths show medium convexity of the occiput, ..."
6. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1896)
"from the glabella backward irregularly to the occiput, which it divides somewhat
below the upper nuchal line. The cranium seen from above is an elongated ..."
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