occipitallyadv.
/ɒkˈsɪpᵻtl̩i/, /ɒkˈsɪpᵻtəli/, U.S. /ɑkˈsɪpᵻdəli/ Chiefly Anatomy and Zoology.
As regards the occiput; in the region or direction of the occiput.
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1856 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 146 429 In M. acuminata..the frontal region is formed by an arched fleshy process occipitally, which is approached by a small one at the mental side; and between these is the wide entrance of the buccal funnel.
1924 Biometrika 16 10 It [sc. the skull] was bounded laterally..by the well-marked temporal lines, occipitally by the lineae nuchae supremae and there were clear markings on the frontal bone.
1968 Brit. Jrnl. Psychiatry 114 951/2 Tension headache may be the sole presentation of anxiety, mainly described as heat and pressure on the top of the head radiating occipitally and bitemporally.
1994 Science 4 Mar. 1289/1 The coil was always held in the same orientation with the handle pointing occipitally.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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