Definition of Occipita

1. Noun. (plural of occiput) ¹

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Definition of Occipita

1. occiput [n] - See also: occiput

Lexicographical Neighbors of Occipita

occerence
occident
occidentalise
occidentalism
occidentalize
occidentalized
occidentalizes
occidentalizing
occidentally
occidentals
occidentotropism
occidentotropisms
occidents
occiduous
occies
occipita (current term)
occipital anchorage
occipital angle of parietal bone
occipital artery
occipital belly of occipitofrontalis muscle
occipital bone
occipital bones
occipital border
occipital border of parietal bone
occipital border of temporal bone
occipital branch
occipital cerebral veins
occipital condyle
occipital emissary vein

Literary usage of Occipita

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Medical Lexicon: A Dictionary of Medical Science; Containing a Concise by Robley Dunglison (1874)
"... et occipita'lit, Occip'ital niut'cle. The majority of anatomists call by this name tho whole of the fleshy plane, ..."

2. Medical Lexicon: A Dictionary of Medical Science; Containing a Concise by Robley Dunglison (1854)
"The occipital bono is developed from four points of ossification; and sometimes from a greater number. occipitaL MUSCLE, occipita'lis. ..."

3. The American Journal of Psychology by Granville Stanley Hall, Edward Bradford Titchener (1889)
"... on Excitation of Hie Frontal and occipita'-temporal Regions of the Brain. EA SCHAEFER. Received February 13,1888. Proc. Roy. Soc.Vol. 43. ..."

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