Definition of Parietes

1. n. pl. The walls of a cavity or an organ; as, the abdominal parietes; the parietes of the cranium.

Definition of Parietes

1. Noun. (plural of paries) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Parietes

1. paries [n] - See also: paries

Medical Definition of Parietes

1. 1. The walls of a cavity or an organ; as, the abdominal parietes; the parietes of the cranium. 2. The sides of an ovary or of a capsule. Origin: L. Paries a wall. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Parietes

parietal margin
parietal nodes
parietal notch
parietal pelvic fascia
parietal pericardium
parietal placentation
parietal plate
parietal pleura
parietal region
parietal thrombus
parietal tuber
parietal veins
parietal wall
parietals
parietary
parietes (current term)
parietic
parietic acid
parieties
parietin
parietine
parietines
parieto-
parieto-occipital
parieto-occipital artery
parieto-occipital fissure
parieto-occipital sulcus
parietofrontal
parietography
parietomastoid

Literary usage of Parietes

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Morbid Anatomy of Some of the Most Important Parts of the Human Body by Matthew Baillie, James Wardrop (1833)
"7) Induration of the parietes of the Heart. (Ed.) CORVISART has, in a few instances, noticed an Induration of the muscular structure of the Heart, ..."

2. The Practice of surgery by Thomas Bryant (1873)
"Wounds of the parietes alone require the same treatment as wounds of any ... In all wounds of the parietes the surgeon should be particularly careful to ..."

3. The London Medical Gazette (1834)
"... is made through the parietes of the chest, the lungs, it is well known, collapse, and expel a quantity of air from their interior. ..."

4. The Practice of surgery by James Miller (1857)
"Abscess of the Abdominal parietes. ABSCESS of the abdominal parietes sometimes occurs spontaneously ; frequently, it is the result of external injury; and, ..."

5. A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia: With Figures of All the Species by Charles Darwin (1854)
"... the level of the parietes, the outer lamina of the radins has a considerable thickness, and is sometimes separated from the inner portion of the radius ..."

6. The Principles and practice of dental surgery by Chapin Aaron Harris (1863)
"EXOSTOSIS OF THE OSSEOUS parietes OF THE MAXILLARY SINUS. ... This, however, is not an affection peculiar to the bony parietes of this cavity ; all of tb« ..."

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