Meaning

Belonging to or forming a part of a pair..

Example Sentences

In the vertebral embryo the first appearance of the parts of the skeleton, in gristle or bone, is a segmental one ; in fishes the muscular system shows much, and in all Vertebrates a little, of the like seo-mental constitution of the trunk : the same idea is suggested by the symmetrical and parial origins of the nerves, and physiologists have mentally recognised a corresponding segmental condition of the myelon or spinal chord, which is visibly exemplified in certain fishes.

The sternum, moreover, consists of two separate bones, which are parial, and were united to each other on the median line apparently by cartilage only.

A row of foramina is always present just within the sharp edge of the superior border beyond, and still within these a few others are scattered about; one or two isolated, though parial, nutrient and vascular foramina are found at corresponding points, along the sides of the mandibles of all these vultures.

Word Forms

• more parial
• most parial

When Should You Use Parial?

Use parial when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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