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Sagittal

//ˈsad͡ʒ.ɪ.təl// adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Relating to or denoting the suture on top of the skull which runs between the parietal bones in a front to back direction. not-comparable
  2. 2
    Relating to or denoting the suture on top of the skull which runs between the parietal bones in a front to back direction.; Of or in a plane parallel to the median plane, especially that dividing the body into left and right halves. not-comparable
  3. 3
    Of or relating to an arrow; resembling an arrow; furnished with an arrowlike appendage. not-comparable
Adjective
  1. 1
    located in a plane that is parallel to the central plane of the sagittal suture wordnet

Etymology

Late Middle English, from Medieval Latin sagittālis, from sagitta (“an arrow, shaft, bolt”) + -ālis (“-al”, adjectival suffix).

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