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parietal en · ADJ

Pronunciation

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• /pəˈɹaɪ.ə.təl/

Etymology

From Latin parietālis, from pariēs (“wall”).

Meanings

1. Of or relating to the wall of a body part, organ or cavity.
   • Hydrochloric acid is secreted by the parietal cells of the gastric glands, located on the wall of the fundus of the stomach.
   • The superior aspect of the supramarginal gyrus lies underneath the euryon, which corresponds to the most prominent point of the parietal tuberosity or bossa […] 2018, Guilherme Carvalhal Ribas, Applied Cranial-Cerebral Anatomy:
2. Of or relating to the parietal bones.
3. Of or relating to college living and, especially, its regulation.
   • At Harvard College, the officers resident within the college walls constitute a permanent standing committee, called the Parietal Committee. 1856, B. H. Hall, (Please provide the book title or journal name):
4. Attached to the main wall of the ovary, and not to the axis; said of a placenta.

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Deriveds

sphenoparietal · temporoparietal · inferoparietal · capsuloparietal · lateroparietal · ventroparietal · subparietal · visceroparietal · ilioparietal · visuoparietal · centroparietal · occipitoparietal · interparietal · parietal art · preparietal · antiparietal · epiparietal · intraparietal · parietal lobe · uteroparietal · dorsoparietal · posteroparietal · postparietal · frontoparietal · squamosoparietal · parietal pleura · transparietal · parietally · parietal cell · gastroparietal · parietal foramen · parietal bone · medioparietal · extraparietal · biparietal

Translations (7)

pl ciemieniowy (of or relating to the wall of a body part, organ or cavity) · hu parietális (of or relating to the wall of a body part, organ or cavity) · ar جِدَارِيّ (of or relating to the wall of a body part, organ or cavity) · fi parietaali- (of or relating to the wall of a body part, organ or cavity) · hu fali (of or relating to the wall of a body part, organ or cavity) · fi parietaalinen (of or relating to the wall of a body part, organ or cavity) · fr pariétal (of or relating to the wall of a body part, organ or cavity)

parietal en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /pəˈɹaɪ.ə.təl/

Etymology

From Latin parietālis, from pariēs (“wall”).

Meanings

1. Either of the two parietal bones, on the top and side of the skull.
2. Any of the scales of a snake that are located on the head and connected to the frontals towards the posterior.
3. A flat Roman wall tile with roughened surface, used as a base for plasterwork.
4. (informal) Dormitory rules governing visits from members of the opposite sex.

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