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Deltoid vs Parietal - What's the difference?

deltoid | parietal |

As nouns the difference between deltoid and parietal

is that deltoid is the deltoid muscle, a triangular muscle on the human shoulder while parietal is either of the two parietal bones, on the top and side of the skull.

As adjectives the difference between deltoid and parietal

is that deltoid is in the shape of the upper case Greek letter delta Δ; triangular while parietal is of or relating to the wall of a body part, organ or cavity.

deltoid

Noun

(en noun)
  • The deltoid muscle, a triangular muscle on the human shoulder.
  • The deltoid ligament, a triangular ligament on the human ankle.
  • Adjective

    (-)
  • In the shape of the upper case Greek letter delta ; triangular.
  • Of, or connected with the
  • (botany, of leaves) Of a triangular or roughly triangular shape and attached to the stem via the side.
  • Derived terms

    * obdeltoid * delt / delts * deltoid muscle / deltoid muscles

    parietal

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • 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.
  • Of or relating to the parietal bones
  • Of or relating to college living and, especially, its regulation.
  • * 1856 , B. H. Hall
  • At Harvard College, the officers resident within the college walls constitute a permanent standing committee, called the Parietal Committee.
  • Attached to the main wall of the ovary, and not to the axis; said of a placenta.
  • Derived terms

    * parietal bone * parietal lobe * parietal pleura

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (skeleton) Either of the two parietal bones, on the top and side of the skull.
  • Any of the scales of a snake that are located on the head and connected to the frontals towards the posterior.
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