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Sinciput vs Brow - What's the difference?

sinciput | brow |

As nouns the difference between sinciput and brow

is that sinciput is the front part of the head or skull (as distinct from the {{term|occiput|lang=en}}) while brow is the ridge over the eyes; the eyebrow (Wikipedia).

As a verb brow is

to bound or limit; to be at, or form, the edge of.

sinciput

English

Alternative forms

* (l)

Noun

(en-noun)
  • (chiefly, anatomy) The (l) part of the (l) or (l) (as (l) from the occiput).
  • * 1964 , International Abstracts of Surgery , Volume 119, page 629,
    • The cranial anomalies occurred either in the occiput or the sinciput', approximately twice as often in the occiput as in the ' sinciput .
    Such lesions have been considered to be inoperable when they involved the sinciput .
  • * 1997 , Robert K. Creasy, Management of Labor and Delivery , page 375,
    • Between these two extremes lie the sinciput' presentation and the brow presentation. Thus there are four distinct attitudes: vertex, ' sinciput , brow, and face (Figure 15-7).
  • * 2003 , Sara Wickham, Midwifery: Best Practice , Volume 1, page 79,
    • I learnt to develop a ‘feel’ for the sinciput' and the occiput as these landmarks feel different abdominally, and also their ‘whereabouts’ in relationship to the pelvic brim. Therefore, when descent and flexion were taking place, I learnt to ascertain how the positions of the ' sinciput and occiput would change in relationship to each other and in relationship to the pelvic brim.

    Synonyms

    * (front part of the head or skull) (l)

    Related terms

    * (l)

    References

    * “ Sinciput]” listed on page 73 of volume IX, part I (Si–St) of [1st ed., 1919 * “ sinciput]” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2nd ed., 1989 ----

    brow

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The ridge over the eyes; the eyebrow ().
  • * Churchill
    • And his arched brow , pulled o'er his eyes, / With solemn proof proclaims him wise.
  • The first tine of an antler's beam.
  • The forehead ().
  • * Shakespeare
    • Beads of sweat have stood upon thy brow .
  • * {{quote-book, year=1913, author=
    • , title=Lord Stranleigh Abroad , chapter=5 citation , passage=Mr. Banks’ panama hat was in one hand, while the other drew a handkerchief across his perspiring brow .}}
  • The projecting upper edge of a steep place such as a hill.
    • the brow of a precipice
  • (nautical) The gangway from ship to shore when a ship is lying alongside a quay.
  • (nautical) The hinged part of a landing craft or ferry which is lowered to form a landing platform; a ramp.
  • An eyebrow.
  • * Shakespeare
    • 'Tis not your inky brows , your black silk hair.

    Derived terms

    * beetle-browed * eyebrow

    Synonyms

    * forehead

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To bound or limit; to be at, or form, the edge of.
  • * Milton
    • Tending my flocks hard by i' the hilly crofts / That brow this bottom glade.