occipitofrontalis

/ɒkˌsɪp.ɪt.əʊˌfrʌnˈteɪ.lɪs//ɑkˌsɪp.ət.oʊ.frʌnˈteɪ.lɪs/

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

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