suboccipital

From sub- +‎ occipital.

suboccipital (not comparable)

1. (anatomy) Situated under, or posterior to, the occiput.

suboccipital (plural suboccipitals)

1. (anatomy, colloquial) Any of the group of suboccipital muscles.

• “suboccipital”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

From sub- +‎ occipital.

• IPA^(key): /suboɡθipiˈtal/ [su.β̞oɣ̞.θi.piˈt̪al] (Spain, Equatorial Guinea)
• IPA^(key): /suboɡsipiˈtal/ [su.β̞oɣ̞.si.piˈt̪al] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: su‧boc‧ci‧pi‧tal

suboccipital m or f (masculine and feminine plural suboccipitales)

1. (anatomy) suboccipital