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Webster 1913 Edition
Parietal
Pa-ri′e-tal
,Adj.
1.
Of or pertaining to a wall; hence, pertaining to buildings or the care of them.
2.
Resident within the walls or buildings of a college.
At Harvard College, the officers resident within the college walls constitute a permanent standing committee, called the
Parietal
Committee. B. H. Hall (1856).
3.
(Anat.)
(a)
Of or pertaining to the parietes.
(b)
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.
4.
(Bot.)
Attached to the main wall of the ovary, and not to the axis; – said of a placenta.
Pa-ri′e-tal
,Noun.
1.
(Anat.)
One of the parietal bones.
2.
(Zool.)
One of the special scales, or plates, covering the back of the head in certain reptiles and fishes.
Webster 1828 Edition
Parietal
PARIE'TAL
,Adj.
1.
The parietal bones form the sides and upper part of the skull. They are so called because they defend the brain like walls.Definition 2024
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See also: parietal
French
Adjective
pariétal m (feminine singular pariétale, masculine plural pariétaux, feminine plural pariétales)