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occipital - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
English
Adjective
occipital (not comparable)
- (anatomy) Of, pertaining to, or located within or near the occiput (back of the head) or the occipital bone.
Noun
occipital (plural occipitals)
- (anatomy) Ellipsis of occipital bone.
- (zootomy) An occipital scale in reptiles.
Etymology
Borrowing from Middle French occipital, from Medieval Latin occipitālis, from occiput (“the back of the head, occiput”) + -ālis (“-al”, adjectival suffix), equivalent of occiput + -al. Doublet of occipitalis.
Pronunciation
- enPR: ŏk-sĭp’-ĭt-əl
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ɒkˈsɪp.ɪt.əl/, /ɒkˈsɪp.ɪt.l̩/
- Audio (Southern England): 🔊
- (General American) IPA: /ɑkˈsɪp.ət.l̩/
- Rhymes: -ɪpɪtəl
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