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parietal bone

noun

, Anatomy.
  1. either of a pair of membrane bones forming, by their union at the sagittal suture, part of the sides and top of the skull.


parietal bone

noun

  1. either of the two bones forming part of the roof and sides of the skull
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of parietal bone1

First recorded in 1695–1705
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Example Sentences

You will see that the remains are identified by the description of a small silver plate on the right parietal bone of the skull.

On gathering the three skulls I was at once struck by a circular hole in the right parietal bone of one of them.

"Merely a scalp wound with a slight depression of the parietal bone," he said reassuringly.

First ball glanced along the upper portion of right parietal bone, making wound (flesh) 2-1/2 inches long.

This bone extends anteriorly into the parietal bone from the suture of the interparietal and parietal.

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