occipitofrontalis

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Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin occipitofrontālis, clipping of mūsculus occipitofrontālis (“occipitofrontal muscle”). Doublet of occipitofrontal.

Pronunciation

Noun

occipitofrontalis (plural occipitofrontales)

  1. (anatomy) A large flat muscle on each side of the vertex of the skull, consisting of an occipital portion (arising from the occipital and temporal bones) and a frontal portion that are separated by the epicranial aponeurosis, and serving to draw the scalp backwards, raising the eyebrows and wrinkling the forehead.
    Synonym: epicranius

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Latin

Etymology

From occiput (“the back part of the head, the occiput”) +‎ frontālis (“frontal”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

occipitofrontālis (neuter occipitofrontāle); third-declension two-termination adjective (New Latin)

  1. (anatomy) occipitofrontal

Inflection

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masc./Fem. Neuter Masc./Fem. Neuter
Nominative occipitofrontālis occipitofrontāle occipitofrontālēs occipitofrontālia
Genitive occipitofrontālis occipitofrontālium
Dative occipitofrontālī occipitofrontālibus
Accusative occipitofrontālem occipitofrontāle occipitofrontālēs
occipitofrontālīs 		occipitofrontālia
Ablative occipitofrontālī occipitofrontālibus
Vocative occipitofrontālis occipitofrontāle occipitofrontālēs occipitofrontālia

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