occiput

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   the back part of the head or skull

   The helmet was shaped to protect the forehead, temples, and occiput.

Borrowed from Latin occiput, formed from ob- ("toward, against") and caput ("head"). The related anatomical adjective is occipital; sinciput, from Latin semicaput ("half-head"), denotes the front or upper part of the head.

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