Etymology

postoccipital

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Today it means: posterior to the occiput Full definition →

Latin postoccipitālis
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  1. Latin · borrowed frompostoccipitālis
  2. Latin · borrowed frompostoccipitālis
  3. English todaypostoccipital

Borrowed from Latin postoccipitālis. By surface analysis, post- + occipital.

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