Usually means: Backmost point of the skull.
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  1. occipital point: Merriam-Webster
  2. occipital point: Wordnik
  3. occipital point: Wiktionary
  4. Occipital point: Dictionary.com
  5. occipital point: FreeDictionary.org
  6. Occipital point: TheFreeDictionary.com

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. online medical dictionary (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (occipital point)

▸ noun:  (anatomy) The point of the occiput in the mesial plane farthest from the ophryon.

Similar:
axial point, oculocentre, far point, apocenter, near point, apocynthion, apogee, optic axis, apocentre, eyepoint, more...

Opposite:
frontal point, anterior point

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Similar:
axial point, oculocentre, far point, apocenter, near point, apocynthion, apogee, optic axis, apocentre, eyepoint, more...

Opposite:
frontal point, anterior point



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