Occipitomastoid

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Relating to, or connecting the occipital and mastoid bones not-comparable

    "The practitioner sits behind the participant’s head, contacts participant’s lateral protuberances of the squama occipitalis (medially to the occipitomastoid suture) with the thenar eminence of both hands."

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"The practitioner sits behind the participant’s head, contacts participant’s lateral protuberances of the squama occipitalis (medially to the occipitomastoid suture) with the thenar eminence of both hands."

Etymology

From occipito- + mastoid.

Related phrases

mastoid bone

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