Occiput Definition

ŏksə-pŭt, -pət
occipita, occiputs
noun
The back part of the skull or head.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Occiput

Noun

Singular:
occiput
Plural:
occipita, occiputs

Origin of Occiput

  • From Latin occiput, occipitium (“the back part of the head"), from ob (“over against") + caput (“head"). Compare sinciput.

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English from Latin occiput occipit- ob- against ob– caput head kaput- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Occiput Sentence Examples

  • Ears of moderate size, oval, erect, prominent, placed near the occiput.

  • The quadrato-mandibular joint is placed in a level far behind the occiput.

  • The skull is elongated, with an overhanging occiput, complete bony rims to the orbits, and the premaxillae separated from the arched and rather long nasals.

  • The position is usually ' Left occiput anterior ' or LOA - occasionally the baby may be Right Occiput Anterior or ROA.

  • Do you think that Freya was in the occiput posterior position, which would explain why your labor didn't progress faster?

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Words Starting With

OOCOCC

Words Ending With

TUTPUT

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occiput

Words Starting With O and Ending With T

Starts With O & Ends With TStarts With OC & Ends With TStarts With O & Ends With UT

Word Length

7 Letter Words7 Letter Words Starting With O7 Letter Words Ending With T