sagittal

2 definitions found

sagittal - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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.
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     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.
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     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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sagittal - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  sagittal
      adj 1: located in a plane that is parallel to the central plane
             of the sagittal suture