sagittal

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sag=it=tal

WORDNET DICTIONARY

Adjective sagittal has 1 sense

CIDE DICTIONARY

sagittala. [L. sagitta an arrow: cf. F. sagittal.].
  •  Of or pertaining to an arrow; resembling an arrow; furnished with an arrowlike appendage.  [1913 Webster]
  •  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.  [1913 Webster]
Sagittal suture (Anat.), the suture between the two parietal bones in the top of the skull; -- called also rabdoidal suture, and interparietal suture.

OXFORD DICTIONARY

sagittal, adj. Anat.
1 of or relating to the suture between the parietal bones of the skull.
2 in the same plane as this, or in a parallel plane.

Etymology
F f. med.L sagittalis f. sagitta arrow

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