Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The back part of the head or skull.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In man, the hinder part of the head, or that part of the skull which forms the hind part of the head; the hindhead; the posterior part of the calvarium, from the middle of the vertex to the foramen magnum: opposed to sinciput.
- noun In other vertebrates, a corresponding but varying part of the head or skull: as, in most mammals, only that part corresponding to the supraoccipital bone itself, or from the occipital protuberance to the foramen magnum.
- noun In descriptive ornith., a frequent term for the part of the head which slopes up from nucha to vertex. See diagram under bird.
- noun In herpetology, the generally flat back part of the top of the head, as where, in a snake for example, the occipital plates are situated.
- noun In entomology, that part of the head behind the epicranium, belonging to the labial or second maxillary segment, and articulating with the thorax.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Anat.) The back, or posterior, part of the head or skull; the region of the occipital bone.
- noun (Zoöl.) A plate which forms the back part of the head of insects.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The
back part of thehead orskull (contradistinct fromsinciput ).
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun back part of the head or skull
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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‘occiput’, and the part intervening between the sinciput and the occiput is the ‘crown’.
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I take that to mean books that pithed me straight through the occiput when I read them and changed the way I saw the world and my place in it, books that imprinted themselves so indelibly on my heart and mind that I don't have to have them in my hand to re-read them, I just need to shut my eyes and watch them unscroll in my imagination.
Lance Mannion: 2009
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I take that to mean books that pithed me straight through the occiput when I read them and changed the way I saw the world and my place in it, books that imprinted themselves so indelibly on my heart and mind that I don't have to have them in my hand to re-read them, I just need to shut my eyes and watch them unscroll in my imagination.
Fifteen books that given the way my life has turned out I probably shouldn't have read 2009
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In three years, I relearned how to walk, stand and sit and discovered the location of my scapulae , ischia and occiput.
The Serious Art of Gentle Exercise Lennox Morrison 2011
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The best birth position for your baby is occiput anterior head down, with the back of the head against your belly.
The Official Lamaze® Guide Judith Lothian RN 2010
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Shaffer et al., “Manual rotation of the fetal occiput: Predictors of success and delivery,” Obstet Gynecol 194 2006: e7-9; C.
Pregnancy, Childbirth, and the Newborn Penny Simkin 2010
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It hurt a little to look at her; he wanted to kiss the underside of her arm, her ear, her occiput, but he knew it mustn't happen.
” Benjamin Matvey 2010
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Le Ray et al., “Manual rotation in occiput posterior or transverse positions: risk factors and consequences on the cesarean delivery rate,” Obstet Gynecol 110(4) (2007): 873-79; O.
Pregnancy, Childbirth, and the Newborn Penny Simkin 2010
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It had entered just above and slightly forward of her right ear, but stopped short of midline; instead it went down and back toward the occiput.
In the Still of the Night Ann Rule 2010
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However, some babies assume an occiput posterior position head down, with the back of the head against your back, which often results in a longer, more painful labor.
The Official Lamaze® Guide Judith Lothian RN 2010
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