Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Pertaining to both parietal bones.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the diameter of the cranium, from one parietal fossa to the other.

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  • adjective anatomy Between the two parietal bones

Etymologies

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bi- +‎ parietal

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Examples

  • The Screening Ultrasound Exam: in addition to fetal biometric measurements of biparietal diameter, head circumference, abdominal circumference and femur length, normal and abnormal structures are listed for each body area.

    BabyGotMac.com 2009

  • The Screening Ultrasound Exam: in addition to fetal biometric measurements of biparietal diameter, head circumference, abdominal circumference and femur length, normal and abnormal structures are listed for each body area.

    Press Releases 2009

  • FL (femus length) BPL (biparietal diameter) is given but crl is missing?

    Yahoo! Answers: Latest Questions 2009

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