sagittal

[ saj-i-tl ]
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adjective
  1. 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.

  2. pertaining to or resembling an arrow or arrowhead.

Origin of sagittal

1
From the New Latin word sagittālis, dating back to 1535–45. See Sagitta, -al1

Other words from sagittal

  • sag·it·tal·ly, adverb

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British Dictionary definitions for sagittal

sagittal

/ (ˈsædʒɪtəl) /


adjective
  1. resembling an arrow; straight

  2. of or relating to the sagittal suture

  1. situated in a plane parallel to the sagittal suture

Derived forms of sagittal

  • sagittally, adverb

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