3 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Parietal \Pa*ri"e*tal\, a. [L. parietalis, fr paries, -ietis, a
wall: cf F. pari['e]tal. Cf {Parietary}, {Pellitory}.]
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 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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Parietal \Pa*ri"e*tal\, n.
1. (Anat.) One of the parietal bones.
2. (Zo["o]l.) One of the special scales, or plates, covering
the back of the head in certain reptiles and fishes.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
parietal
adj : (anatomy) of or relating to or associated with the parietal
bones in the cranium; "parietal lobe"
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