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parietooccipital

parietooccipital adjective: of or pertaining to the parietal and occipital lobes or bones.

Adjective

parietooccipital (not comparable)

  1. Of or pertaining to the parietal and occipital lobes or bones.
    • The MRI scan showed a brain lesion in the parietooccipital area.

Forms of parietooccipital

alternative formparieto-occipital

Origin of parietooccipital

From parieto- + occipital.

Words formed from parietooccipital

Questions about parietooccipital

What does parietooccipital mean?
Parietooccipital means of or pertaining to the parietal and occipital lobes or bones.
What part of speech is parietooccipital?
Parietooccipital is an adjective.

Words near parietooccipital in the dictionary

  1. parietocentral
  2. parietocerebellar
  3. parietofrontal
  4. parietoinsular
  5. parietomastoid
  6. parietooccipital
  7. parietooccipitotemporal
  8. parietopontine
  9. parietopsin
  10. parietopsins
  11. parietosplanchnic

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