Usually means: Relating to the skull's wall.
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General (23 matching dictionaries)
  1. parietal: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. parietal: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. parietal: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. parietal: Collins English Dictionary
  5. parietal: Vocabulary.com
  6. Parietal, parietal: Wordnik
  7. Parietal, Parietal: InfoVisual Visual Dictionary
  8. parietal: Wiktionary
  9. parietal: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. parietal: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. parietal: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. parietal: Dictionary.com
  13. parietal: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. Parietal: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. Parietal: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  16. parietal: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  17. parietal: Rhymezone
  18. Parietal: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  19. parietal: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  20. parietal: Free Dictionary
  21. parietal: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  22. parietal: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. parietal: Dictionary/thesaurus

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  1. parietal: Encyclopedia

Medicine (8 matching dictionaries)
  1. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. Parietal: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
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  4. Hepatitis C Information Central (No longer online)
  5. Parietal: Scleroderma
  6. Neurotrauma Glossary (No longer online)
  7. parietal: Medical dictionary
  8. Parietal: Drug Medical Dictionary

Science (3 matching dictionaries)
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  1. parietal: Urban Dictionary

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  1. CAVE AND KARST TERMINOLOGY (No longer online)

(Note: See parietals as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (parietal)

adjective:  (anatomy) Of or relating to the wall of a body part, organ or cavity.
adjective:  (anatomy) Of or relating to the parietal bones.
adjective:  Of or relating to college living and, especially, its regulation.
adjective:  (botany) Attached to the main wall of the ovary, and not to the axis; said of a placenta.
noun:  (anatomy) Either of the two parietal bones, on the top and side of the skull.
noun:  Any of the scales of a snake that are located on the head and connected to the frontals towards the posterior.
noun:  (archaeology) A flat Roman wall tile with roughened surface, used as a base for plasterwork.
noun:  (informal) Dormitory rules governing visits from members of the opposite sex.

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