paries
noun
Usually parietes. a wall, as of a hollow organ; an investing part.
parietes
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pluralof paries.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Cui nec aræ patriæ domi stant; fractæ et disjectæ jacent, Fana flamma deflagrata; tosti alti stant parietes.
From History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I by John Dunlop
In nine of these cases there was no fracture, and either no bruise of the parietes or a very slight one.
From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Walter L. (Walter Lytle) Pyle
The base of the terminal cell, and parts of the parietes of the next and next, present a coagulated appearance, precisely as in certain mosses.
From Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries by William Griffith
After exposing the trachea, a longitudinal incision, about three-quarters of an inch in length, was made through its parietes at the third ring.
From North American Medical and Surgical Journal, Vol. 2, No. 3, July, 1826 by Franklin Bache
There is an account of such a case in a woman of seventy-two living in Pittsburg, who, after a spasmodic cough, had a spontaneous rupture of the parietes.
From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Walter L. (Walter Lytle) Pyle
