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infraoccipital

infraoccipital adjective: situated below the occiput.

Adjective

infraoccipital (not comparable)

  1. Situated below the occiput.
    • Tomography revealed a disappearance of the infraoccipital calcium deposits (Figure 1B), which was confirmed by computed tomography.1985 December, Jean-Pierre Bouvet, Jean-Marie le Parc, Bernard Michalski, Charif Benlahrache, Louis Auquier, “Acute neck pain due to calcifications surrounding the odontoid process: The crowned dens...
    Synonyms:
    suboccipital

Synonyms of infraoccipital

Origin of infraoccipital

From infra- + occipital.

Questions about infraoccipital

What does infraoccipital mean?
Infraoccipital means situated below the occiput.
What part of speech is infraoccipital?
Infraoccipital is an adjective.

Words near infraoccipital in the dictionary

  1. infrangible
  2. infrangibleness
  3. infrangibly
  4. infranodal
  5. infranuclear
  6. infraoccipital
  7. infraocclusion
  8. infraocclusions
  9. infraocular
  10. infraoptimal
  11. infraoral

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