of or connected with the prominent rounded part of the two parietal bones
biparietal in American English
(ˌbaipəˈraiɪtl)
adjective
Biology
of or pertaining to both parietal bones, esp. in their being determinants in measurements of the breadth of the skull
Word origin
[1855–60; bi-1 + parietal]This word is first recorded in the period 1855–60. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: keyword, pickup, pipeline, specialist, superheatbi- is a combining form meaning “twice,” “two,” used in the formation of compound words.Other words that use the affix bi- include: bilabial, bilateral, bimodal, bipolar, bivalent
Examples of 'biparietal' in a sentence
biparietal
The following parameters were measured: biparietal diameter, head circumference, abdominal circumference, and femoral length.
Aline Giroto Ricci, Maria de Lourdes Brizot, Adolfo Wenjaw Liao, Roseli Mieko YamamotoNomura, Marcelo Zugaib 2011, 'Acurácia da estimativa ultrassonográfica do peso fetal e influência de fatores maternose fetais Ultrasonographic accuracy of fetal weight estimation and influence of maternaland fetal factors', Revista Brasileira de Ginecologia e Obstetríciahttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-72032011000900004. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Ultrasound estimated fetal weight was calculated by measuring the biparietal diameter and abdominal circumference.
V Natraj Prasad, Pratik Poudel, Pramod Kumar Chhetry 2017, 'Accuracy of sonographic fetal weight estimation in a tertiary care hospital in Bharatpur,Nepal', Journal of College of Medical Sciences-Nepalhttp://nepjol.info/index.php/JCMSN/article/view/16374. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Biparietal diameter and head circumference are poor predictors of macrosomia.
Suneetha Kalam, Moly Sam K, Suriya K 2017, 'CLINICAL AND ULTRASONOGRAPHIC PREDICTORS OF FOETAL MACROSOMIA', Journal of Evidence Based Medicine and Healthcarehttp://www.jebmh.com/data_pdf/3_Suneetha%20Kalam%20-%20FINAL.pdf. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The surgical technique used was a wide biparietal craniectomy.
Geraldo Pianetti 1997, 'Surgical treatment of premature sagittal synostosis Tratamento cirúrgico da fusãoprematura da sutura sagital', Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatriahttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-282X1997000300008. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Results: curves and tables of biparietal diameter and head circumference in relation to gestational age were obtained.
Mariza Marie Fujita, Maria Okumura, Julio da Motta Singer, Dalton Francisco de Andrade,Marcelo Zugaib 1999, 'Curva de crescimento do diâmetro biparietal e da circunferência cefálica na gestaçãogemelar Growth curve of the biparietal diameter and head circumference in twin gestation',Revista Brasileira de Ginecologia e Obstetríciahttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-72031999001000002. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Authors report two cases of mirror image biparietal extradural hematoma after sustaining a high-velocity motor vehicle accident.
G. Lakshmi Prasad, Sumit Sinha 2017, 'Traumatic Symmetric Biparietal Extradural Hematoma: Report of Two Cases', Indian Journal of Neurosurgeryhttp://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.1055/s-0036-1584596. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
If they presented after 13 weeks of gestation, biparietal diameter and femur length were measured to confirm gestational age.
Ruby Angeline Pricilla, Kirubah Vasandhi David, Sajitha Parveen M.F. Rahman, VenkatesanSankarapandian, Yeshwanth Kumar, Nancy Angeline 2014, 'Introduction of Routine Obstetric Ultrasound in an Urban Health Center: Results andBenefits', Journal of Medical Ultrasoundhttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0929644114000940. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Exposure was difference in biparietal diameter growth between observed and expected at the second trimester scan, calculated by z-scores.
Marija Simic, Olof Stephansson, Gunnar Petersson, Sven Cnattingius, Anna-Karin Wikström 2017, 'Slow fetal growth between first and early second trimester ultrasound scans and riskof small for gestational age (SGA) birth.', PLoS ONEhttp://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5608242?pdf=render. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Estimated fetal weight, biparietal/occipitofrontal diameter, head circumference/abdominalcircumference, and femur diaphysis length/abdominal circumference ratios were also calculated.
Adolfo Wenjaw Liao, Maria de Lourdes Brizot, Helenice Júlio Kang, Renata Almeida Assunção,Marcelo Zugaib 2012, 'Longitudinal reference ranges for fetal ultrasound biometry in twin pregnancies',Clinicshttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1807-59322012000500008. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)