Etymology From Latin parietālis, from pariēs (“wall”).
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Anatomy, Medicine, Sciences Of or relating to the wall of a body part, organ or cavity.
Hydrochloric acid is secreted by the parietal cells of the gastric glands, located on the wall of the fundus of the stomach.
The superior aspect of the supramarginal gyrus lies underneath the euryon, which corresponds to the most prominent point of the parietal tuberosity or bossa […]2018, Guilherme Carvalhal Ribas, Applied Cranial-Cerebral Anatomy:
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Anatomy, Medicine, Sciences Of or relating to the parietal bones.
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Of or relating to college living and, especially, its regulation.
At Harvard College, the officers resident within the college walls constitute a permanent standing committee, called the Parietal Committee.1856, B. H. Hall, (Please provide the book title or journal name):
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Biology, Botany, Natural sciences Attached to the main wall of the ovary, and not to the axis; said of a placenta.