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parietal Definition

pa·ri·etal (pə rī′ə təl)

adjective

  1. ☆ of or having to do with life in a college, esp. with rules (parietals) governing visiting in dormitories by members of the opposite sex
  2. Anat. of, pertaining to, or forming the walls of a cavity or hollow structure; esp., designating either of the two bones between the frontal and occipital bones, forming part of the top and sides of the skull
  3. Bot. attached to the wall of the ovary, as the placenta in some plants

Etymology: Fr pariétal < LL parietalis < L paries: see paries

parietal Usage Examples

Adjective modifier

  • left: At age 71 I had a meningioma in the left parietal.
  • posterior: Dorsal Stream Occipital cortex to posterior parietal and frontal lobes.
  • bilateral: CT scanning of the brain indicated bilateral temporal, left parietal and anterior midbrain contusions.

Modifies a noun

  • lobe: The converse was found to be true of individuals with damage to their right parietal lobes.
  • peritoneum: The parietal peritoneum over the bladder should be removed to allow the small bowel ultimately to fall into the pelvic cavity.
  • cortex: The results do not indicate a specific role of parietal cortex in attentional shifting.
  • bone: There is a fracture across the parietal bones, which has been repaired with glue.
  • cell: Thus, high acid production by the parietal cells probably protects the corpus mucosa from initial colonization.
  • region: Faster phonetic learners showed a greater asymmetry ( left right ) in the amount of white matter in parietal regions.