sagittal
Anatomy.
of or relating to the suture between the parietal bones at the roof of the skull or to a venous canal within the skull and parallel to this suture.
(in direction or location) from front to back in the median plane or in a plane parallel to the median.
pertaining to or resembling an arrow or arrowhead.
Origin of sagittal
1Other words from sagittal
- sag·it·tal·ly, adverb
Words Nearby sagittal
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How to use sagittal in a sentence
The third normal plane is the cingular (waist) plane: this is defined by the sagittal and transverse axes.
The Wonders of Life | Ernst HaeckelValve symmetrical in zone and valve view along the sagittal line, but asymmetrical to the transverse axis, cuneate.
The Diatomaceae of Philadelphia and Vicinity | Charles Sumner BoyerThe sagittal plane of the valve of the auxospore is at right angles to the plane of the valve of the mother cell.
The Diatomaceae of Philadelphia and Vicinity | Charles Sumner BoyerSimple dolichocephaly is due to synostosis of the sagittal, or antero-posterior suture of the skull.
Degeneracy | Eugene S. TalbotOne reconstruction was in wax, from sagittal sections, the other was a plotted reconstruction from transverse sections.
Development of the Digestive Canal of the American Alligator | Albert M. Reese
British Dictionary definitions for sagittal
/ (ˈsædʒɪtəl) /
resembling an arrow; straight
of or relating to the sagittal suture
situated in a plane parallel to the sagittal suture
Derived forms of sagittal
- sagittally, adverb
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