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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
parietal /pəˈrʌɪɪt(ə)l/

▶adjective

1 Anatomy & Biology relating to or denoting the wall of the body or of a body cavity.

2 US relating to residence within a college and especially to visits from members of the opposite sex.

3 Archaeology denoting prehistoric art found on rock walls.

▶noun Anatomy & Zoology a parietal bone or other parietal structure.

– origin ME: from late L. parietalis, from L. paries, pariet- ‘wall’.

'parietal' also found in these Oxford entries:

coronal suture - lambda - parietal bone - parietal lobe - sagittal

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