Meanings
nounparietal bone (plural parietal bones)
plural parietal bones
- anatomyEither of two bones that together form the sides and top of the skull.
Origin
- Latinparietalis“pertaining to walls”
- Englishparietal bone
From Latin parietalis (“pertaining to walls”), from paries (“wall”) + bone.
More words from Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Catalan os parietal, parietal
- os parietaleither of two bones at the sides and top of the skull
- parietaleither of two bones at the sides and top of the skull
Czech temenní kost
- temenní kosteither of two bones at the sides and top of the skull
Estonian kiiruluu
- kiiruluueither of two bones at the sides and top of the skull
Finnish päälaenluu
- päälaenluueither of two bones at the sides and top of the skull
German Scheitelbein
- Scheitelbeineither of two bones at the sides and top of the skull
Hungarian falcsont
- falcsonteither of two bones at the sides and top of the skull
Portuguese parietal
- parietaleither of two bones at the sides and top of the skull
Romanian os parietal
- os parietaleither of two bones at the sides and top of the skull
Vietnamese xương đỉnh
- xương đỉnheither of two bones at the sides and top of the skull
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Chicago
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