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Definitions

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

Synonyms

All synonyms

mesial

Etymology

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

Related phrases

sagittal crestsagittal planesagittal sinussagittal suture

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