OCCIPITO-PETROSAL

An Illustrated Encyclopedic Medical Dictionary · 1894 · p. 5

adj. O2k-si2p"i2t-o-pe2t-ro's'l. Lat., occipito-petrosus (from occiput (q. v.), and petra, a rock). Fr., occipito-petreux. Ger., o.-p. Pertaining to the occipital bone and the petrous portion of the temporal bone. [C, 4.] [s. 124]