Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Pertaining to the occipital and parietal bones or regions of the skull: as, the occipitoparietal or lambdoid suture.
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Examples
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His head measures 19 inches in circumference, on a line with the upper ear-tips, the forehead being much narrower than the occipitoparietal portion, which is noticeably very wide.
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His head measures 19 inches in circumference, on a line with the upper ear-tips, the forehead being much narrower than the occipitoparietal portion, which is noticeably very wide.
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Dr. Gene Akin: "I assume that the right occipitoparietal region was the exit".
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