Occipital

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Occipital \Oc*cip"i*tal\, a. [Cf. F. occipital.] (Anat.)
     Of or pertaining to the occiput, or back part of the head, or
     to the occipital bone.
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     {Occipital bone} (Anat.), the bone which forms the posterior


        segment of the skull and surrounds the great foramen by
        which the spinal cord leaves the cranium. In the higher
        vertebrates it is usually composed of four bones, which
        become consolidated in the adult.
  
     {Occipital point} (Anat.), the point of the occiput in the
        mesial plane farthest from the ophryon.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Occipital \Oc*cip"i*tal\, n. (Anat.)
     The occipital bone.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  occipital
       adj : of or relating to the occiput; "occipital bone"