sagittal

Etymology

Late Middle English, from Medieval Latin sagittālis, from sagitta (“an arrow, shaft, bolt”) + -ālis (“-al”, adjectival suffix).

adj

  1. (anatomy) Relating to or denoting the suture on top of the skull which runs between the parietal bones in a front to back direction.
    1. (anatomy) Of or in a plane parallel to the median plane, especially that dividing the body into left and right halves.
  2. Of or relating to an arrow; resembling an arrow; furnished with an arrowlike appendage.

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