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occipitalis

US/ɑkˌsɪp.əˈteɪ.lɪs/

occipitalis noun: a muscle of the head that arises from the lateral two-thirds of the superior nuchal lines and from the mastoid part of the temporal bone, inserts into the galea aponeurotica, and acts to move the scalp; it is sometimes considered to be part of the occipitofrontalis muscle.

Noun

occipitalis (plural occipitales)

  1. A muscle of the head that arises from the lateral two-thirds of the superior nuchal lines and from the mastoid part of the temporal bone, inserts into the galea aponeurotica, and acts to move the scalp; it is sometimes considered to be part of the occipitofrontalis muscle.

occipitalis meaning in Tamil

occipitalis in Tamil

பின் மண்டைத்தசை, பிடரிப்பின்தசை, பிடரித் தசையின் பின்பகுதி

Forms of occipitalis

pluraloccipitales

Origin of occipitalis

Unadapted borrowing from New Latin occipitālis, ellipsis of mūsculus occipitālis (“occipital muscle”). Doublet of occipital.

Words that rhyme with occipitalis

Questions about occipitalis

What does occipitalis mean?
Occipitalis means a muscle of the head that arises from the lateral two-thirds of the superior nuchal lines and from the mastoid part of the temporal bone, inserts into the galea aponeurotica, and acts to move the scalp; it is sometimes considered to be part of the occipitofrontalis muscle.
What is occipitalis in Tamil?
Occipitalis in Tamil is பின் மண்டைத்தசை, பிடரிப்பின்தசை, பிடரித் தசையின் பின்பகுதி. See Occipitalis meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is occipitalis?
Occipitalis is a noun.
How do you pronounce occipitalis?
Occipitalis is pronounced /ɑkˌsɪp.əˈteɪ.lɪs/ (US).
What is the plural of occipitalis?
The plural of occipitalis is occipitales.

Words near occipitalis in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: occipitalis (page history and authors); occipitalis (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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