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体壁的,颅顶部的,侧壁的颅顶骨之一
资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Parietal \Pa*ri"e*tal\, a. [L. parietalis, fr. paries, -ietis, a
wall: cf. F. pari['e]tal. Cf. {Parietary}, {Pellitory}.]
1. Of or pertaining to a wall; hence, pertaining to buildings
or the care of them.
2. Resident within the walls or buildings of a college.
At Harvard College, the officers resident within the
college walls constitute a permanent standing
committee, called the Parietal Committee. --B. H.
Hall (1856).
3. (Anat.)
(a) Of pertaining to the parietes.
(b) Of, pertaining to, or in the region of, the parietal
bones, which form the upper and middle part of the
cranium, between the frontals and occipitals.
4. (Bot.) Attached to the main wall of the ovary, and not to
the axis; -- said of a placenta.
Parietal \Pa*ri"e*tal\, n.
1. (Anat.) One of the parietal bones.
2. (Zo["o]l.) One of the special scales, or plates, covering
the back of the head in certain reptiles and fishes.
资料来源 : WordNet®
parietal
adj : of or relating to or associated with the parietal bones in
the cranium; "parietal lobe"