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interparietal

interparietal adjective: between the parietal bones or cartilages.

Adjective

interparietal (not comparable)

  1. Between the parietal bones or cartilages.
    • the interparietal fissure
    • the interparietal hernia

Noun

interparietal (plural interparietals)

  1. The interparietal bone or cartilage.

Forms of interparietal

pluralinterparietals

Origin of interparietal

From inter- + parietal.

Words formed from interparietal

Questions about interparietal

What does interparietal mean?
Interparietal means between the parietal bones or cartilages.
What part of speech is interparietal?
Interparietal can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near interparietal in the dictionary

  1. interparenchymatous
  2. interparent
  3. interparental
  4. interparenthetical
  5. interparenthetically
  6. interparietal
  7. interparietals
  8. interparish
  9. interparliament
  10. interparliamentary
  11. interparochial

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