Sagittal

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

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