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English Dictionary: sagittal by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
sagittal
adj
  1. located in a plane that is parallel to the central plane of the sagittal suture
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   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.
  
      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.
  
      {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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