occipitalis

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Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from New Latin occipitālis, ellipsis of mūsculus occipitālis (“occipital muscle”). Doublet of occipital.

Pronunciation

Noun

occipitalis (plural occipitales)

  1. (anatomy) A muscle of the head that arises from the lateral two-thirds of the superior nuchal lines and from the mastoid part of the temporal bone, inserts into the galea aponeurotica, and acts to move the scalp; it is sometimes considered to be part of the occipitofrontalis muscle.
    Coordinate term: frontalis

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Latin

Etymology

From occiput (“the back of the head, occiput”) +‎ -ālis (“-al”, adjectival suffix).

Pronunciation

Adjective

occipitālis (neuter occipitāle); third-declension two-termination adjective (Medieval Latin)

  1. (anatomy) occipital
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Inflection

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

singular plural
masc./fem. neuter masc./fem. neuter
nominative occipitālis occipitāle occipitālēs occipitālia
genitive occipitālis occipitālium
dative occipitālī occipitālibus
accusative occipitālem occipitāle occipitālēs
occipitālīs 		occipitālia
ablative occipitālī occipitālibus
vocative occipitālis occipitāle occipitālēs occipitālia

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