occiput

[ ok-suh-puht, -puh t ]

/ ˈɒk səˌpʌt, -pət /

the back part of the head or skull.

Origin of occiput

1350–1400; Middle English < Latin, equivalent to oc- oc- + -ciput, combining form of caput head

Gratarola maintained that a great protuberance of the occiput indicated a good memory.

Curiosities of Medical Experience |J. G. (John Gideon) Millingen
From the occiput to the os frontis, his head was quite level and extraordinarily long.

The Rise of Canada, from Barbarism to Wealth and Civilisation |Charles Roger
Pressive pain from without inward in the occiput high up on walking.

New, Old, and Forgotten Remedies: Papers by Many Writers |Various
In the skull the occiput is convex; the orbits are very large and deep, and the supra-orbital ridges prominent.

A Hand-book to the Primates, Volume 2 (of 2) |Henry O. Forbes

His forehead was lofty and unfurrowed; his head long, the occiput feeble.

The Life Of Thomas Paine, Vol. II. (of II) |Moncure Daniel Conway

occiput

/ (ˈɒksɪˌpʌt, -pət) /

the back part of the head or skull

C14: from Latin, from ob- at the back of + caput head

occiput

[ ŏk′sə-pŭt′, -pət ]

The back part of the head or skull.