sinciput

plural sincipita · plural sinciputs · alternative synciput

1. anatomyThe front part of the head or skull (as contradistinct from occiput).

   Between these two extremes lie the sinciput presentation and the brow presentation. Thus there are four distinct attitudes: vertex, sinciput, brow, and face (Figure 15-7).

   1997, Robert K. Creasy, Management of Labor and Delivery, page 375

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   The cranial anomalies occurred either in the occiput or the sinciput, approximately twice as often in the occiput as in the sinciput. Such lesions have been considered to be inoperable when they involved the sinciput.

   1964, International Abstracts of Surgery, volume 119, page 629

   I learnt to develop a ‘feel’ for the sinciput and the occiput as these landmarks feel different abdominally, and also their ‘whereabouts’ in relationship to the pelvic brim. Therefore, when descent and flexion were taking place, I learnt to ascertain how the positions of the sinciput and occiput would change in relationship to each other and in relationship to the pelvic brim.

   2003, Sara Wickham, Midwifery: Best Practice, volume 1, page 79

   Synonyms: bregma · Antonyms: occiput