Parietal

Definition:

  • (a.) Of or pertaining to a wall; hence, pertaining to buildings or the care of them.
  • (a.) Resident within the walls or buildings of a college.
  • (a.) Of pertaining to the parietes.
  • (a.) 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.
  • (a.) Attached to the main wall of the ovary, and not to the axis; -- said of a placenta.
  • (n.) One of the parietal bones.
  • (n.) One of the special scales, or plates, covering the back of the head in certain reptiles and fishes.

Compare parietal with other words:

parietal vs. varietal

parietal vs. ventral

obelion vs. parietal

intraparietal vs. parietal

parietal vs. visceral

parietal vs. placenta

axis vs. parietal

ovary vs. parietal

parietal vs. regulation

cavity vs. parietal

organ vs. parietal

parietal vs. wall

paries vs. parietal

parietal vs. somatic

homunculus vs. parietal

parental vs. parietal