occiput

American  

[ok-suh-puht, -puht] / ˈɒk səˌpʌt, -pət /

noun

Anatomy.

plural

occiputs, occipita

1. the back part of the head or skull.

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occiput British  

/ -pət, ˈɒksɪˌpʌt /

noun

1. the back part of the head or skull

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Etymology

Origin of occiput

1350–1400; Middle English < Latin, equivalent to oc- oc- + -ciput, combining form of caput head

Example Sentences

The vertex presentation known as the occiput anterior vertex is the most common presentation and is associated with the greatest ease of vaginal birth.

From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013

I felt her glance slide through me and out my occiput and knew that I was uncommonly transparent to her; that everybody was.

From "I, Robot" by Isaac Asimov

And his staff college was just his own occiput.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 150, June 21st, 1916 by Various

It has no wig, and shows the head extraordinarily long, and without much occiput It is pre-eminently the English radical leader.

From The Life Of Thomas Paine, Vol. II. (of II) With A History of His Literary, Political and Religious Career in America France, and England by Conway, Moncure Daniel

Disagreeable feeling in occiput, running down over the neck, followed by a slight qualmishness.

From New, Old, and Forgotten Remedies: Papers by Many Writers by Anshutz, Edward Pollock