Sagittal
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adjective.
Of or relating to the suture uniting the two parietal bones of the skull.
adjective.
Of or relating to the sagittal plane.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
Shaped like or resembling an arrow or an arrow-head. Specifically
In
anatomy
: Pertaining to the sagittal suture.
Lying in or parallel to the plane of that suture: in this sense opposed to
coronal.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
adjective.
Of or pertaining to an arrow; resembling an arrow; furnished with an arrowlike appendage.
adjective.
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adjective.
Of or pertaining to the sagittal suture; in the region of the sagittal suture; rabdoidal.
adjective.
In the mesial plane; mesial.
adjective.
the suture between the two parietal bones in the top of the skull; -- called also
rabdoidal suture
, and
interparietal suture
.
Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
adjective.
In the direction from
dorsal
to
ventral
.
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adjective.
located in a plane that is parallel to the central plane of the sagittal suture
cross-reference
coronal
furrow
sagittal axis of the cerebrum
sagittal crest
sagittal fissure
Equivalent
mesial
Form
sagittal plane
sagittally
Same Context
Words that are found in similar contexts
absorbable
appendicular
catgut
coronal
d-q
Synonym
Words with the same meaning
mesial
rabdoidal