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occipitalgia

occipitalgia noun: pain in the occiput.

Noun

occipitalgia (uncountable)

  1. pain in the occiput
    • Two patients presented with occipitalgia, two patients presented with torticollis and three patients developed neurologic signs.2015 June 18, Osamu Sasaki et al., “Tumoral calcinosis involving the cervical spine”, in Surgical Neurology International, volume 6, →DOI

Origin of occipitalgia

From occipit- (“of or relating to the occiput”) + -algia (“pain”).

Questions about occipitalgia

What does occipitalgia mean?
Occipitalgia means pain in the occiput.
What part of speech is occipitalgia?
Occipitalgia is a noun.

Words near occipitalgia in the dictionary

  1. occipital nerve
  2. occipital nerves
  3. occipital point
  4. occipital points
  5. occipitales
  6. occipitalgia
  7. occipitalis
  8. occipitalisation
  9. occipitalisations
  10. occipitalised
  11. occipitalization

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