Parietal

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Parietal \Pa*ri"e*tal\, a. [L. parietalis, fr. paries, -ietis, a
     wall: cf. F. pari['e]tal. Cf. {Parietary}, {Pellitory}.]
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     1. Of or pertaining to a wall; hence, pertaining to buildings
        or the care of them.
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     2. Resident within the walls or buildings of a college.
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              At Harvard College, the officers resident within the
              college walls constitute a permanent standing
              committee, called the Parietal Committee. --B. H.
                                                    Hall (1856).
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     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.
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     4. (Bot.) Attached to the main wall of the ovary, and not to
        the axis; -- said of a placenta.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Parietal \Pa*ri"e*tal\, n.
     1. (Anat.) One of the parietal bones.
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     2. (Zool.) One of the special scales, or plates, covering the
        back of the head in certain reptiles and fishes.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  parietal
       adj : of or relating to or associated with the parietal bones in
             the cranium; "parietal lobe"