occipital lobe

English

lobes of the brain (colour-coded)

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌɑkˈsɪpɪtəl ˌloʊb/

Noun

occipital lobe (plural occipital lobes)

1. (anatomy) One of the four major divisions of the cerebrum of the brain, located at the back of the head.
   • 2019, Bill Bryson, The Body: A Guide for Occupants, Black Swan (2020), page 61:

     The occipital lobe processes visual information.

Translations

division of cerebrum

• Arabic: فص قذالي
• Azerbaijani: ənsə payı
• Catalan: lòbul occipital m
• Czech: týlní lalok m
• Danish: occipitallap
• Dutch: occipitale kwab
• Estonian: kuklasagar
• Finnish: takaraivolohko, oksipitaalilohko
• French: lobe occipital m
• Galician: lobo occipital m
• German: Occipitallappen m
• Greek: ινιακός λοβός m (iniakós lovós)
• Hebrew: האונה העורפית
• Hungarian: nyakszirtlebeny (hu), nyakszirti lebeny (hu)
• Italian: lobo occipitale m
• Japanese: 後頭葉 (ja)
• Korean: 후두엽 (huduyeop)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: patikepil

• Norwegian: bakhodelapp
• Persian: لوب پس‌سری
• Polish: płat potyliczny m
• Portuguese: lóbulo occipital m
• Romanian: lob occipital
• Spanish: lóbulo occipital m
• Swedish: occipitallob (sv) c, nacklob c
• Thai: กลีบท้ายทอย
• Turkish: oksipital lob
• Ukrainian: потилична частка f (potylyčna častka)
• Vietnamese: thùy chẩm

See also

• (brain lobes) brain lobe; frontal lobe, occipital lobe, parietal lobe, temporal lobe ^{(Category: en:Brain)}