Occipitomastoid

Origin

- + occipito + mastoid

Full definition of occipitomastoid

Adjective

1. (anatomy) Relating to, or connecting the occipital and mastoid bones
• July 13, 2015, 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, 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.