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sagittal |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Sagittal \Sag"it*tal\, a. [L. sagitta an arrow: cf F. sagittal.] 1. Of or pertaining to an arrow; resembling an arrow; furnished with an arrowlike appendage. 2. (Anat.) a 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. b In the mesial plane; mesial; as a sagittal section of an animal. {Sagittal suture} (Anat.), the suture between the two parietal bones in the top of the skull; -- called also {rabdoidal suture}, and {interparietal suture}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: sagittal adj : located in a plane that is parallel to the central plane of the sagittal suture
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