SAGITTAL


Meaning of SAGITTAL in English

— 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 ]

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