occipitofrontalis

Borrowed from New Latin occipitofrontālis, clipping of mūsculus occipitofrontālis (“occipitofrontal muscle”). Doublet of occipitofrontal.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɒkˌsɪp.ɪt.əʊˌfɹʌnˈteɪ.lɪs/, /ɒkˌsɪp.ɪt.əʊˌfɹʌnˈtɑː.lɪs/, /ɒkˌsɪp.ɪt.əʊˌfɹʌnˈtal.ɪs/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ɑkˌsɪp.ət.oʊ.fɹʌnˈteɪ.lɪs/
• Rhymes: -eɪlɪs, -ɑːlɪs, -ælɪs

occipitofrontalis (plural occipitofrontales)

1. (anatomy) A large flat muscle on each side of the vertex of the skull, consisting of an occipital portion (arising from the occipital and temporal bones) and a frontal portion that are separated by the epicranial aponeurosis, and serving to draw the scalp backwards, raising the eyebrows and wrinkling the forehead.

   Synonym: epicranius

• “occipitofrontalis”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “occipitofrontalis”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

From occiput (“the back part of the head, the occiput”) +‎ frontālis (“frontal”).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ɔk.kɪ.pɪ.tɔ.frɔnˈtaː.lɪs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ot.t͡ʃi.pi.t̪o.fron̪ˈt̪aː.lis]

occipitofrontālis (neuter occipitofrontāle); third-declension two-termination adjective (New Latin)

1. (anatomy) occipitofrontal

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

• → English: occipitofrontal, occipitofrontalis