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suboccipital

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.08 in modern English

Syllables
sub-oc-cip-i-tal
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
5
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Situated under, or posterior to, the occiput.

noun

Any of the group of suboccipital muscles.

Colloquial

Etymology

From sub- + occipital.

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

suboccipitals (plural)

Phrases

suboccipital muscle suboccipital nerve suboccipital triangle

Questions

What does suboccipital mean?
Situated under, or posterior to, the occiput.
Where does suboccipital come from?
From sub- + occipital.

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