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sincipita

UK/sɪnˈsɪpɪtə/

sincipita is the plural of sinciput.

Meaning of sinciput

Noun

sinciput (plural sincipita or sinciputs)

  1. The front part of the head or skull (as contradistinct from occiput).
    • The cranial anomalies occurred either in the occiput or the sinciput, approximately twice as often in the occiput as in the sinciput.
    • Such lesions have been considered to be inoperable when they involved the sinciput.1964, International Abstracts of Surgery, volume 119, page 629
    Synonyms:
    bregma
    Antonyms:
    occiput

Origin of sincipita

First attested in 1847; from the Latin sincipita, the nominative plural form of sinciput.

Questions about sincipita

What is sincipita the plural of?
Sincipita is the plural of sinciput.
How do you pronounce sincipita?
Sincipita is pronounced /sɪnˈsɪpɪtə/ (UK).

Words near sincipita in the dictionary

  1. sinched
  2. sinches
  3. Sinchi
  4. sinching
  5. Sinchis
  6. sincipita
  7. sincipital
  8. sinciput
  9. sinciputs
  10. sincke
  11. sinckes

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