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OCCIPITAL BONE

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A saucer-shaped membrane bone that forms the back of the skull

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Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("occipital bone" is a kind of...):

membrane bone (any bone that develops within membranous tissue without previous cartilage formation; e.g. the clavicle and bones of the skull)

Meronyms (parts of "occipital bone"):

inion (the craniometric point that is the most prominent point at the back of the head (at the occipital protuberance))

occipital protuberance (prominence on the outer surface of the occipital bone)

Holonyms ("occipital bone" is a part of...):

braincase; brainpan; cranium (the part of the skull that encloses the brain)

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