parieto-, pariet- +

Situated in a forward part or on the wall of an organ or cavity: On her second medical check-up, Mrs. Timmons was informed that she had an anteroparietal tumor on the outside of her stomach which should be operated on as soon as possible.

Relating to the parietal bones of the skull: Jenny learned about the biparietalmeasurement between the most distant and opposite points of the two parietal bones.

The biparietal diameter of the cranium extends from one parietal fossa to the other.

Relating to or characteristic of both frontal and parietal bones: In medical school, Steven learned about the frontoparietal lobes of the cerebral hemisphere.

1. Pertaining to something between the parietal bones or cartilages: When baby Sherry was born, the nmother could feel the nterparietal fissure on the top of Sherry's head!
2.Referring to something situated between the walls of organs: At the doctor's office, Joe found out that he had an interparietal hernia which was causing him so much pain.

1. Situated or occurring within an enclosure; shut off from public sight; private; secluded; retired: After retirement, Sam led an intraparietal life in the woods and was far away from the busy city life where he had spent so many years.
2. Descriptive of something situated in the parietal region of the brain: After many tests were done, Sam was told that he had an intraparietal tumor and was sent immediately to the hospital for further treatment.

An intraparietal tumor can be situated Within the wall of any organ.

Fools' names stick to the walls [of buildings].

A reference to graffiti, as in

1. A wall of a cavity or an organ: Jill read about the abdominal parietesand the parietes of the cranium.in her book on medicine.
2. The sides of an ovary or of a capsule: In medical school, Sally learned about the ovaries of a woman having parietes covering them.

1. From the Latin "parietalis" meaning "belonging to the wall" which the ancient anatomists used to designate the wall, as of a body cavity. Here are some examples:

• Parietal bone: the main side bone of the skull.
• Parietal lobe: the main side lobe of the brain (it is beneath the parietal bone).
• Parietal pericardium: the outer membrane around the heart.
• Parietal peritoneum: the membrane lining the abdominal cavity (as opposed to the visceral peritoneum that envelops the abdominal organs).

2. Pertaining to, or situated near the side and top of the skull: In his medical book, Sam scrutinized the parietal bone that was pictured in detail.
3. Pertaining to or arising from a wall: Parietal ovaries are those that usually proceed from or are borne on the walls or sides of the ovary.
4. A reference to an authority over residence, especially visitation regulations between the sexes, within the walls or buildings of a college or university; campus regulations governing visits between members of opposite sexes to each other's dormitories or rooms; such as, a listing of the parietal regulations for the law students' dormitory.

Engravings and paintings on cave walls and a few open sites; cave art Parietal art has been found mostly in France and northern Spain, with a few Italian sites, and perhaps others even more distant.

Outdated, a piece of a fallen wall; a ruin: In her grandmother's old book on architecture, Lynn viewed the old structure with a lot of parietines that had fallen off and were scattered on the ground.

Inflammation of the wall of an organ: When Dick was suffering from pain in his cheeks, he went to the doctor who examined him and diagnosed his complaint as being an acute parietitis, or an infection of the parotid gland (Glandula parotis).

Rare, a radiographic imaging of the walls of an organ: A parietography, is a tomography or radiographic visualization of an examination of the wall of the stomach using a combination of pneumoperitoneum and intraluminal air and barium.

Relating to the uterus and the abdominal wall: When Alice was at the doctor's office, Dr. Smart used ultra sound to examine the uteroparietal region of her body that was rather painful.

Descriptive of the organs of the abdomen and the surrounding tissue: The origin of the visceroparietal infection which the little girl had was being examined by the doctors because her stomach was in constant pain.