Occipital Definition
ŏk-sĭpĭ-tl
adjective
Of the occiput or the occipital bone.
Webster's New World
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Other Word Forms of Occipital
Noun
Singular:
occipital
Plural:
occipitalsOrigin of Occipital
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From New Latin occipitalis, from Latin occiput (“the back of the head"), from ob (“over against") + caput (“head").
From Wiktionary
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