occipital

/ɒkˈsɪp.ɪ.təl/ (bre, ipa) · /ɑːkˈsɪp.ɪ.t̬əl/ (ame, ipa) · /äk-ˈsi-pə-tᵊl/ (ame, mw)

occipital — adjective

  • occipitalpositive
  • more occipitalcomparative
  • most occipitalsuperlative

1. Used in medicine and anatomy to describe the lower rear region of the skull, or

1.形容詞C2
釋義

Used in medicine and anatomy to describe the lower rear region of the skull, or the bones, muscles, and nerves located there.

例句

Valentina cracked her occipital bone when she fell backwards off a tall ladder.

core collocation: occipital bone (skull anatomy)

Visual signals from the eyes are mostly processed in the occipital lobe of the brain.

collocation: occipital lobe (brain anatomy)

同義詞
  • posterior

    broader anatomical word meaning 'at the back'; not specific to the head

  • nuchal

    specialist medical term for the back of the neck, not the head itself

反義詞
  • frontal

    relating to the forehead and the front part of the brain

文法句型

occipital + noun (bone, lobe, area, nerve, cortex, region)

用法筆記

Almost always used before a noun (bone, lobe, area, nerve, cortex, region). Belongs to formal medical or scientific writing; in everyday speech people say 'the back of the head' instead.

常見錯誤

❌I hit my occipital on the door frame.
✅I hit the back of my head on the door frame.
💡'occipital' is an adjective and needs a noun after it; using it on its own is not natural English.
❌She felt pain in the occipital.
✅She felt pain in the occipital area.
💡pair it with a body-part noun rather than using it as a standalone noun.