Usually means: Skull bones covering the brain.
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We found 11 dictionaries that define the word parietal bones:

General (6 matching dictionaries)
  1. parietal bones: Merriam-Webster
  2. parietal bones: Collins English Dictionary
  3. parietal bones: Vocabulary.com
  4. parietal bones: Wiktionary
  5. Parietal bones: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  6. Parietal bones: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Parietal bones: Encyclopedia

Medicine (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. parietal bones: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Probert Encyclopaedia of Medicine (No longer online)
  3. Glossary of Skeletal Anatomy (No longer online)
  4. parietal bones: Medical dictionary

(Note: See parietal_bone as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (parietal bone)

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


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