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頭頂 [news2,nf38]
とうちょう [news2,nf38]
1. [n] {anatomy}
《usu. as 頭頂部》
▶ top of the head
▶ crown of the head
▶ vertex
▶ (the) parietal
Cross references:
  ⇒ see: 1450880 頭頂部 1. top part of the head; parietal region
  ⇐ see: 2843053 顱頂【ろちょう】 1. top of the head; vertex; parietal



History:
5. A 2025-02-16 04:51:37  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
GG5, etc.
頭頂	146446	  
頭頂部	104225
  Comments:
I think this is a bit overdone. It's really one sense.
  Diff:
@@ -15,6 +14,0 @@
-<pos>&adj-f;</pos>
-<field>&anat;</field>
-<gloss>vertex</gloss>
-<gloss>parietal</gloss>
-</sense>
-<sense>
@@ -24,3 +18,6 @@
-<misc>&form;</misc>
-<s_inf>for everyday speech, usu. as 頭頂部</s_inf>
-<gloss>(the very) top of the head</gloss>
+<field>&anat;</field>
+<s_inf>usu. as 頭頂部</s_inf>
+<gloss>top of the head</gloss>
+<gloss>crown of the head</gloss>
+<gloss>vertex</gloss>
+<gloss>(the) parietal</gloss>
4. A* 2025-02-04 19:19:57  Brian Krznarich <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
頭頂部の毛 1077	92.1%
頭頂の毛  93	7.9%


From eijiro (there are more)
https://eow.alc.co.jp/search?q=頭頂
頭頂ブロック
parietal block《医》
subparietal《解剖》
頭頂下溝
subparietal sulcus
頭頂中央部
centroparietal area
頭頂位
vertex presentation《医》
頭頂側頭領域
parietal temporal region
頭頂像
vertex view
  Comments:
Notes at 頭頂部.  Trying to figure out how to give some indication of usage between the two.

Looking at various data, it appears that "vertex" and "parietal" are both adjectives in the anatomical sense, and a whole raft of terms are simply using 頭頂 as a prefix, without の. 

This term most definitely can mean "top of the head", but it seems you'd only use it that way in limited contexts. I'm not even sure what those contexts would be.

sankoku tags 頭頂 as [form], but 頭頂部 quite clearly is not.  If you're talking about pain or baldness, you should use 頭頂部.
  Diff:
@@ -15 +15 @@
-<pos>&n;</pos>
+<pos>&adj-f;</pos>
@@ -17 +16,0 @@
-<gloss>top of the head</gloss>
@@ -19,0 +19,8 @@
+</sense>
+<sense>
+<pos>&n;</pos>
+<xref type="see" seq="1450880">頭頂部</xref>
+<xref type="see" seq="1450880">頭頂部・1</xref>
+<misc>&form;</misc>
+<s_inf>for everyday speech, usu. as 頭頂部</s_inf>
+<gloss>(the very) top of the head</gloss>
3. A 2024-12-01 22:34:41  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
2. A* 2024-11-30 12:15:13 
  Diff:
@@ -16 +15,0 @@
-<pos>&adj-no;</pos>
1. A 2020-02-02 07:59:01  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
Aligning.
  Diff:
@@ -16,0 +17 @@
+<field>&anat;</field>
@@ -18 +19 @@
-<gloss>vertex (anat.)</gloss>
+<gloss>vertex</gloss>

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