SINCIPUT

sinciput

(noun) the front part of the head or skull (including the forehead)

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

sinciput (plural sincipita or sinciputs)

(chiefly, anatomy) The front part of the head or skull (as contradistinct from occiput).

Synonym: bregma

Antonym: occiput

Source: Wiktionary


Sin"ci*put, n. Etym: [L., half a head; semihalf + caput the head.]

1. (Anat.)

Definition: The fore part of the head.

2. (Zoöl.)

Definition: The part of the head of a bird between the base of the bill and the vertex.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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