sincipitaladj.
/sɪnˈsɪpɪtəl/ Anatomy.
Of or pertaining to the sinciput.
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1653 T. Urquhart tr. F. Rabelais 1st Bk. Wks. xliv. 197 The two triangularie bones called sincipital.
1835–6 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. I. 745/2 He found the entire syncipital region very irregular.
1843 J. J. G. Wilkinson tr. E. Swedenborg Animal Kingdom I. ii. 62 The frontal, sincipital, temporal, and sphenoid bones.
1863 Battlefields of South II. 315 (note) The occipital and sincipital regions are both large and well-balanced.
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