Definition of Parietal
Pa`ri´e`tal
a.
1.
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.)
Of
or
pertaining
to
the
parietes
.
4.
(Bot.)
Attached
to
the
main
wall
of
the
ovary
,
and
not
to
the
axis
; -
said
of
a
placenta
.
n.
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
.
Related Words
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,
general
anatomy
,
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