Usually means: Flat skull bone, roof, sides.
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We found 24 dictionaries that define the word parietal bone:

General (14 matching dictionaries)
  1. parietal bone: Merriam-Webster
  2. parietal bone: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. parietal bone: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. parietal bone: Collins English Dictionary
  5. parietal bone: Vocabulary.com
  6. Parietal bone, Parietal bone: InfoVisual Visual Dictionary
  7. parietal bone: Wiktionary
  8. parietal bone: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. parietal bone: Dictionary.com
  10. Parietal Bone, Parietal bone: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. parietal bone: Rhymezone
  12. parietal bone: FreeDictionary.org
  13. parietal bone: Mnemonic Dictionary
  14. parietal bone: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. parietal bone: Encyclopedia

Medicine (9 matching dictionaries)
  1. parietal bone: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Bone, parietal, Parietal bone: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
  4. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  5. Parietal Bone: Anatomy of the Human Body
  6. Parietal bone: Gray's Anatomy (1918)
  7. Neurotrauma Glossary (No longer online)
  8. parietal bone: Medical dictionary
  9. Bone, parietal, Parietal bone: Drug Medical Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (parietal bone)

▸ noun:  (anatomy) Either of two bones that together form the sides and top of the skull.

Similar:
parietal, temporal bone, frontoparietal, temporal, skullbone, medioparietal, frontal bone, hip bone, palatine bone, occipital bone, more...

Phrases:
the anterior tip of the parietal bone, more...

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Similar:
parietal, temporal bone, frontoparietal, temporal, skullbone, medioparietal, frontal bone, hip bone, palatine bone, occipital bone, more...

Phrases:
the anterior tip of the parietal bone, more...



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