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occipitomastoid

occipitomastoid adjective: relating to, or connecting the occipital and mastoid bones.

Adjective

occipitomastoid (not comparable)

  1. Relating to, or connecting the occipital and mastoid bones
    • The practitioner sits behind the participant’s head, contacts participant’s lateral protuberances of the squama occipitalis (medially to the occipitomastoid suture) with the thenar eminence of both hands.2015 July 13, Wagner Rodrigues Martins et al., “Immediate changes in electroencephalography activity in individuals with nonspecific chronic low back pain after cranial osteopathic manipulative...

occipitomastoid meaning in Tamil

occipitomastoid in Tamil

பின்மண்டைநகிலுருநீட்சிசார்ந்த

Origin of occipitomastoid

From occipito- + mastoid.

Words that rhyme with occipitomastoid

Questions about occipitomastoid

What does occipitomastoid mean?
Occipitomastoid means relating to, or connecting the occipital and mastoid bones.
What is occipitomastoid in Tamil?
Occipitomastoid in Tamil is பின்மண்டைநகிலுருநீட்சிசார்ந்த. See Occipitomastoid meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is occipitomastoid?
Occipitomastoid is an adjective.

Words near occipitomastoid in the dictionary

  1. occipitofrontalis
  2. occipitofrontally
  3. occipitoiliac
  4. occipitolateral
  5. occipitolaterally
  6. occipitomastoid
  7. occipitomental
  8. occipitonasal
  9. occipitonuchal
  10. occipitoparietal
  11. occipitoparietotemporal

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