Occipital-bone
noun, Anatomy.
1.
a curved, compound bone forming the back and part of the base of the skull.
noun
1.
the saucer-shaped bone that forms the back part of the skull and part of its base
occipital bone n.
A bone at the lower and posterior part of the skull, consisting of basilar, condylar, and squamous parts and enclosing the foramen magnum.
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