Wiktionary
n. Either of two bones that together form the sides and top of the skull.
WordNet
n. either of two skull bones between the frontal and occipital bones and forming the top and sides of the cranium
Wikipedia
The parietal bones are two bones in the human skull which, when joined together, form the sides and roof of the cranium. Each bone is roughly quadrilateral in form, and has two surfaces, four borders, and four angles. It is named from the Latin paries (-ietis), wall.
Usage examples of "parietal bone".
The only sign of old injuries were healed scars on her forehead and the top of her head over the left parietal bone.
My attention had been drawn to an irregularity on the right parietal bone.
In one of these, the squamosal section of the temporal bone had been crushed, and another showed a jagged hole through the parietal bone.
A pain in the coronal suture or maybe in the lower part of the parietal bone.
He paused for a second as the passenger door was swung open, and died, the bullet from the hunting rifle skew-ering through his forehead, splintering the parietal bone and exiting through the rear of the cranium to lodge in an aide's shoulder.
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 had been shattered by a heavy blow from a blunt weapon.
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.
Some broken arms, a fractured parietal bone, and permanently relocated noses.