† occiˈpitial, a. Obs. rare.
Also 6 -issial.
[f. L. occipiti-um (see next) + -al1.]
= occipital.
| 1548–77 Vicary Anat. iii. (1888) 27 The Coronal bone, in..the middest of the head..meteth with the seconde bone called Occipissial. 1650 Bulwer Anthropomet. 15 That which we call the Occipitial Line..is drawn from the top of the Head to the first Vertebre of the Neck. |