Thesaurus: occipital

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1. a. Of or pertaining to the occiput, or back part of the head, or to the occipital bone.
2. n. The occipital bone.
3. adj. of or relating to the occiput
4. Of or pertaining to the occiput, or back part of the head, or to the occipital bone. 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. The occipital bone.
5. Of or pertaining to the occiput, or back part of the head, orto the occipital bone. Occipital bone (Anat.), the bone which formsthe posterior segment of the skull and surrounds the great foramen bywhich the spinal cord leaves the cranium. In the higher vertebratesit is usually composed of four bones, which become consolidated inthe adult.-- Occipital point (Anat.), the point of the occiput in the mesialplane farthest from the ophryon.
6. j:100 a. of or relating to the occiput