Definitions for parietal

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parietal pa·ri·e·tal

Spelling: [puh-rahy-i-tl]

IPA: /pəˈraɪ ɪ tl/

Parietal is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 356 anagrams from letters in parietal (aaeilprt).

Definitions for parietal

noun

1. Anatomy. any of several parts in the parietal region of the skull, especially the parietal bone.
2. parietals, Also called parietal rules. campus regulations governing visits between members of opposite sexes to each other's dormitories or rooms.

adjective

1. Anatomy. of, relating to, or situated near the side and top of the skull or the parietal bone.
2. Biology. of or relating to parietes or structural walls.
3. Botany. pertaining to or arising from a wall: usually applied to ovules when they proceed from or are borne on the walls or sides of the ovary.
4. pertaining to or having authority over residence, and especially visitation regulations between the sexes, within the walls or buildings of a college or university:

Origin of parietal

1590-1600; Late Latin parietālis of, belonging to walls, equivalent to Latin pariet- (stem of pariēs) wall + -ālis -al¹

Examples for parietal

Lambdoidal, the suture which connects the occipital with the parietal bones.

In this instance an occipital lesion was associated with the parietal.

Another interesting element of comparison appears to consist in the relative proportions of the parietal and vertical diameters.

In this case the ovary is unilocular, and the placentas are parietal.

Sagittal, the suture which connects the parietal bones of the skull.

This organ is situated at the inferior range of the parietal bone.

parietal (placent, &c.), attached to the walls (parietes) of the ovary.

This was in 1879, long before the discovery of parietal art in France.

Definite nerve fibres pass down from these parietal organs to the brain.

Nations where it is in the parietal diameter are called brakhykephalic.