parietal
/pəˈɹaɪ.ə.təl/
parietal adjective: of or relating to the wall of a body part, organ or cavity.
Adjective
parietal (comparative more parietal, superlative most parietal)
- 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
- Of or relating to the parietal bones.
- 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)
- Attached to the main wall of the ovary, and not to the axis; said of a placenta.
Noun
parietal (plural parietals)
- Either of the two parietal bones, on the top and side of the skull.
- Any of the scales of a snake that are located on the head and connected to the frontals towards the posterior.
- A flat Roman wall tile with roughened surface, used as a base for plasterwork.
- Dormitory rules governing visits from members of the opposite sex.
parietal meaning in Tamil and Arabic
parietal in Tamil
- குழிச்சுவர் சார்ந்த, மண்டை ஒட்டெலும்புப்பிணை, சுற்றுப்புற, சுவருக்குரிய, சூலகச்சுவர்ஒட்டிய, புறத்திய
parietal in Arabic
- of or relating to the wall of a body part, organ or cavity
- جِدَارِيّ jidāriyy
Examples of parietal in a sentence
- Parietal placentation occurs in the Brassicaceae family.
- The secondary parietal layer divides anticlinally to form the tapetal and middle cell layers.
- In squalodonts, the maxillae extend posteriorly over the parietals to reach the exoccipitals in adult specimens.
Forms of parietal
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more parietal |
| superlative | most parietal |
| Noun | |
| plural | parietals |
Origin of parietal
From Latin parietālis, from pariēs (“wall”).
Words formed from parietal
- antiparietal
- biparietal
- capsuloparietal
- centroparietal
- dorsoparietal
- epiparietal
- extraparietal
- frontoparietal
- gastroparietal
- ilioparietal
- inferoparietal
- interparietal
- intraparietal
- lateroparietal
- medioparietal
- occipitoparietal
- parietal art
- parietal bone
- parietal cell
- parietal foramen
- parietal lobe
- parietally
- parietal pleura
- posteroparietal
- postparietal
- preparietal
- sphenoparietal
- squamosoparietal
- subparietal
- temporoparietal
- transparietal
- uteroparietal
- ventroparietal
- visceroparietal
- visuoparietal
Phrases with parietal
Questions about parietal
- What does parietal mean?
- Parietal means of or relating to the wall of a body part, organ or cavity.
- What is parietal in Tamil?
- Parietal in Tamil is குழிச்சுவர் சார்ந்த, மண்டை ஒட்டெலும்புப்பிணை, சுற்றுப்புற. See Parietal meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is parietal?
- Parietal can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce parietal?
- Parietal is pronounced /pəˈɹaɪ.ə.təl/.
Words near parietal in the dictionary
Source and license
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