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1. (adj.) sagittal
of or pertaining to the suture between the parietal bones at the roof of the skull.
2. sagittal
from front to back in the body's median plane or in a plane parallel to the median.
Etymology: (1535–45; < NL sagittālis= L
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (adj) sagittal
located in a plane that is parallel to the central plane of the sagittal suture
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1. (adj) sagittal
of or pertaining to an arrow; resembling an arrow; furnished with an arrowlike appendage
2. (adj) sagittal
of or pertaining to the sagittal suture; in the region of the sagittal suture; rabdoidal; as, the sagittal furrow, or groove, on the inner surface of the roof of the skull
3. (adj) sagittal
in the mesial plane; mesial; as, a sagittal section of an animal
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