suboccipital

English

Etymology

sub- +‎ occipital

Adjective

suboccipital (not comparable)

  1. (anatomy) Situated under, or posterior to, the occiput.
    the suboccipital, or first cervical, nerve

Translations

Noun

suboccipital (plural suboccipitals)

  1. (anatomy, colloquial) Any of the group of suboccipital muscles.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for suboccipital in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)

Spanish

Etymology

sub- +‎ occipital

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): (Spain) /suboɡθipiˈtal/ [su.β̞oɣ̞.θi.piˈt̪al]
  • IPA(key): (Latin America) /suboɡsipiˈtal/ [su.β̞oɣ̞.si.piˈt̪al]
  • Rhymes: -al
  • Syllabification: su‧boc‧ci‧pi‧tal

Adjective

suboccipital (plural suboccipitales)

  1. (anatomy) suboccipital
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