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parietal bone
noun
- 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
- either of the two bones forming part of the roof and sides of the skull
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Word History and Origins
Origin of parietal bone1
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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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