About The Word Sagittal
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Sagittal
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What's The Definition Of Sagittal?
[adj] located in a plane that is parallel to the central plane of the sagittal suture
Synonyms | Synonyms for Sagittal: mesial Related Terms | Find terms related to Sagittal: See Also | Sagittal In Webster's Dictionary \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}.
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