exoccipital

1 of 2

adjective

ex·​occipital

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: of or relating to a bone or region on each side of the foramen magnum of the skull

exoccipital

2 of 2

noun

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: either of a pair of bones lying one on each side of the foramen magnum and free in lower vertebrates but forming in man a part of the occipital bone

Word History

Etymology

Adjective

International Scientific Vocabulary exo- + occipital

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