occipitomastoid

English

Etymology

occipito- +‎ mastoid

Adjective

occipitomastoid (not comparable)

  1. (anatomy) Relating to, or connecting the occipital and mastoid bones
    • 2015 July 13, Wagner Rodrigues Martins et al., “Immediate changes in electroencephalography activity in individuals with nonspecific chronic low back pain after cranial osteopathic manipulative treatment: study protocol of a randomized, controlled crossover trial”, in BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine‎, volume 15, DOI:10.1186/s12906-015-0732-2:
      The practitioner sits behind the participant’s head, contacts participant’s lateral protuberances of the squama occipitalis (medially to the occipitomastoid suture) with the thenar eminence of both hands.
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