parietal bone
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English
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Human_skull_side_simplified_%28bones%29.svg/220px-Human_skull_side_simplified_%28bones%29.svg.png)
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Human_skull_front_simplified_%28bones%29.svg/220px-Human_skull_front_simplified_%28bones%29.svg.png)
Etymology
[edit]From Latin parietalis (“pertaining to walls”), from paries (“wall”) + bone.
Noun
[edit]parietal bone (plural parietal bones)
Translations
[edit]either of two bones at the sides and top of the skull
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