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sinciput

UK/ˈsɪnsɪpʌt/

sinciput noun: the front part of the head or skull (as contradistinct from occiput).

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

Examples of sinciput in a sentence

  • Between these two extremes lie the sinciput presentation and the brow presentation.1997, Robert K. Creasy, Management of Labor and Delivery, page 375:
  • I learnt to develop a ‘feel’ for the sinciput and the occiput as these landmarks feel different abdominally, and also their ‘whereabouts’ in relationship to the pelvic brim.2003, Sara Wickham, Midwifery: Best Practice, volume 1, page 79:

Synonyms of sinciput

Antonyms

Forms of sinciput

pluralsincipita
pluralsinciputs
alternative formsynciput

Origin of sinciput

Borrowed from Latin sinciput (“half a head”; “smoked hog’s cheek or half-jowl”; (transferred senses): “brain”, “head”), whence also the French sinciput.

Questions about sinciput

What does sinciput mean?
Sinciput means the front part of the head or skull (as contradistinct from occiput).
How do you use sinciput in a sentence?
Between these two extremes lie the sinciput presentation and the brow presentation.
What part of speech is sinciput?
Sinciput is a noun.
How do you pronounce sinciput?
Sinciput is pronounced /ˈsɪnsɪpʌt/ (UK).
What is the plural of sinciput?
The plural of sinciput is sincipita.

Words near sinciput in the dictionary

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

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