— sagittally , adv.
/saj"i tl/ , adj.
1. Anat.
a. of or pertaining to the suture between the parietal bones at the roof of the skull or to a venous canal within the skull and parallel to this suture.
b. (in direction or location) from front to back in the median plane or in a plane parallel to the median.
2. pertaining to or resembling an arrow or arrowhead.
[ 1535-45; sagittalis. See SAGITTA, -AL 1 ]