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occiput
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occiput /oc·ci·put/ (ok´si-put) the back part of the head.occip´ital
oc·ci·put (ks-pt, -pt)
n. pl. oc·ci·puts or oc·cip·i·ta (k-sp-t)
The back part of the head or skull.

occiput
[ok′sipət] pl. occipita [oksip′itə`] occiputs
the back part of the head.

occiput,
n 1. posterior part of the head above the base of the neck.
2. in craniosacral therapy, one of two points on the body where the therapist lays both hands and diagnoses the vitality and bounty of the cerebrospinal fluid. See also listening posts.
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Occipital.

occiput
the back of the skull. The external occipital protruberance and the occipital crests; may normally be very prominent in some dogs. Sometimes traumatized with hematoma formation resulting.

occiput
The back of the head


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