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retronuchal

retronuchal adjective: located or situated behind the neck or in the posterior cervical area.

Adjective

retronuchal

  1. Located or situated behind the neck or in the posterior cervical area.

Origin of retronuchal

From retro- + nuchal.

Questions about retronuchal

What does retronuchal mean?
Retronuchal means located or situated behind the neck or in the posterior cervical area.
What part of speech is retronuchal?
Retronuchal is an adjective.

Words near retronuchal in the dictionary

  1. retronasally
  2. retronecine
  3. retronic
  4. retronostalgia
  5. retrons
  6. retronuchal
  7. retronym
  8. retronymic
  9. retronymically
  10. retronymous
  11. retronymously

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