occipitoparietal

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   relating to both the occipital and parietal bones or regions of the skull and brain

   The scan showed an injury near the occipitoparietal junction.

Formed from occipito-, the combining form of occipital, and parietal. Occipital ultimately refers to the back of the head, while parietal comes from Latin paries, 'wall,' and names the upper side bones of the skull.

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