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occipital nerves

occipital nerves is the plural of occipital nerve.

Meaning of occipital nerve

Noun

occipital nerve (plural occipital nerves)

  1. Either of two nerves that arise mostly from the second cervical nerve.

Questions about occipital nerves

What is occipital nerves the plural of?
Occipital nerves is the plural of occipital nerve.

Words near occipital nerves in the dictionary

  1. occipital buns
  2. occipital horn syndrome
  3. occipital lobe
  4. occipital lobes
  5. occipital nerve
  6. occipital nerves
  7. occipital point
  8. occipital points
  9. occipitales
  10. occipitalgia
  11. occipitalis

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