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Definition of "parietal bone" [parietal bone]

  • Either of two large, irregularly quadrilateral bones between the frontal and occipital bones that together form the sides and top of the skull. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "parietal bone" in a sentence
  • "In the surgeon's deposition it was stated that the posterior third of the left parietal bone and the left half of the occipital bone hail been shattered by a heavy blow from a blunt weapon."
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