The Collaborative International Dictionary
Nuchal
Nuchal \Nu"chal\, a. [Cf. F. nucal.] (Anat.) Of, pertaining to, or in the region of, the back, or nape, of the neck; -- applied especially to the anterior median plate in the carapace of turtles.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
nuchal
"pertaining to the spinal cord," 1835, medical Latin, from nucha "spinal cord" (c.1400), from Medieval Latin nucha, from Arabic nukha "spinal marrow."
Wiktionary
nuchal
a. Of or pertaining to the back or nape of the neck. n. The back of the neck
Usage examples of "nuchal".
A one-armed torso lurched erect on mismatched legs, clasped against its stub of forearm another arm, severed above elbow, and with this dubiously jointed limb snatched up a rolling head and joined it to its nuchal stump.