parietal - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'parietal' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Parietal

[ a.]

- Of or pertaining to a wall; hence, pertaining to buildings or the care of them.
- Resident within the walls or buildings of a college.
- Of pertaining to the parietes.
- Of, pertaining to, or in the region of, the parietal bones, which form the upper and middle part of the cranium, between the frontals and occipitals.
- Attached to the main wall of the ovary, and not to the axis; -- said of a placenta.

2 . Parietal

[ n.]

- One of the parietal bones.
- One of the special scales, or plates, covering the back of the head in certain reptiles and fishes.

Meaning of 'parietal' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . parietal

[ a]

Meaning (1):
- of or relating to or associated with the parietal bones in the cranium

Example in sentence:

parietal lobe

Nearby Words:

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Parietal pleura
Parietal pleura is one of the major types of Pleura. The names given to the parietal pleura correspond...

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