exoccipitaladj.n.
/ɛksɒkˈsɪpɪtəl/ A. adj.
That is outside the occipital bone.
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suboccipital1733
inio-glabellar1803
inial1808
supraoccipital1835
exoccipital1839
paramastoid1848
iniac1886
1839–47 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. III. 308/1 The groove between the occipital condyle and the exoccipital process.
1871 Proc. Amer. Philos. Soc. 1869–70 11 577 The great extent of the exoccipital element.
B. n. plural.
Those parts of the occipital bone which form the sides of the foramen magnum and support the condyles. Cf. condyle n. 2.
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inion1814
superoccipital1834
supraoccipital1838
paroccipital1846
paramastoid1848
suroccipital1848
exoccipital1853
basion1878
opisthion1878
1853 Descr. Catal. Osteol. Ser. Mus. Royal Coll. Surgeons I. iv. 129 The exoccipitals..are very irregular subtrianglar bones.
1854 R. Owen Struct. Skeleton & Teeth in Orr's Circle Sci.: Org. Nature I. 186 The two condyles being developed from the two exoccipitals.
1881 St. G. Mivart Cat 61 Each ex-occipital supports one of the condyles before noticed.
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