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PARIES (parietes)
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Dictionary entry overview: What does paries mean?
• PARIES (noun)
The noun PARIES has 1 sense:
1. (anatomy) a layer (a lining or membrane) that encloses a structure
Familiarity information: PARIES used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
(anatomy) a layer (a lining or membrane) that encloses a structure
Classified under:
Nouns denoting body parts
Synonyms:
paries; wall
Context example:
stomach walls
Hypernyms ("paries" is a kind of...):
stratum (one of several parallel layers of material arranged one on top of another (such as a layer of tissue or cells in an organism or a layer of sedimentary rock))
Domain category:
anatomy; general anatomy (the branch of morphology that deals with the structure of animals)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "paries"):
abdominal wall (a wall of the abdomen)
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