Parietes

4 definitions found

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

  Parietes \Pa*ri"e*tes\, n. pl. [L. paries a wall.]
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     1. (Anat.) The walls of a cavity or an organ; as, the
        abdominal parietes; the parietes of the cranium.
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     2. (Bot.) The sides of an ovary or of a capsule.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Paries \Pa"ri*es\, n.; pl. {Parietes}. [See {Parietes}.] (Zool.)
     The triangular middle part of each segment of the shell of a
     barnacle.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  paries
       n : (anatomy) a layer (a lining or membrane) that encloses a
           structure; "stomach walls" [syn: {wall}]
       [also: {parietes} (pl)]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  parietes
       See {paries}