Meanings
plural occipitofrontales
- anatomyA large flat muscle on each side of the vertex of the skull, consisting of an occipital portion (arising from the occipital and temporal bones) and a frontal portion that are separated by the epicranial aponeurosis, and serving to draw the scalp backwards, raising the eyebrows and wrinkling the forehead.
Synonyms: epicranius
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA large flat muscle on each side of the vertex of the skull, consisting of an occipital portion (arising from the occipital and temporal bones) and a frontal portion that are separated by the epicranial aponeurosis, and serving to draw the scalp backwards, raising the eyebrows and wrinkling the forehead.
Origin
- New Latinoccipitofrontālis
- Englishoccipitofrontalis
Borrowed from New Latin occipitofrontālis, clipping of mūsculus occipitofrontālis (“occipitofrontal muscle”). Doublet of occipitofrontal.
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Arabic قَذَالِي جَبْهِيّ
- قَذَالِي جَبْهِيّ (qaḏālī jabhiyy)muscle
Chinese Mandarin 枕額肌 /枕额肌
- 枕額肌 /枕额肌 (zhěn'éjī)muscle
Finnish takaraivo-otsalihas
- takaraivo-otsalihasmuscle
Italian occipitofrontale, muscolo occipitofrontale
- occipitofrontalemuscle
- muscolo occipitofrontalemuscle
Spanish occipitofrontal, músculo occipitofrontal
- occipitofrontalmuscle
- músculo occipitofrontalmuscle
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with occipitofrontalis
Cite this entry
occipitofrontalis. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/occipitofrontalis
“occipitofrontalis.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/occipitofrontalis. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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