Ba`si*oc*cip"i*tal (?), a. [Basi- + occipital.] Anat.

Of or pertaining to the bone in the base of the cranium, frequently forming a part of the occipital in the adult, but usually distinct in the young.

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n.

The basioccipital bone.

 

© Webster 1913.

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