Definition of "occipital bone" [occipital bone]

• A curved, trapezoid compound bone that forms the lower posterior part of the skull; the occipital. (noun)

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• "In the surgeon's deposition it was stated that the posterior third of the left parietal bone and the left half of the occipital bone hail been shattered by a heavy blow from a blunt weapon."