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occipital nerve

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.67 in modern English

Syllables
oc-cip-i-tal n-erve
IPA
23
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
5
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Either of two nerves that arise mostly from the second cervical nerve.

Inflected Forms

occipital nerves (plural)

Questions

What does occipital nerve mean?
Either of two nerves that arise mostly from the second cervical nerve.

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