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sagittal

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  1. 1. a. Of or pertaining to an arrow; resembling an arrow; furnished with an arrowlike appendage. Source: opted
  2. 2. 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. Source: opted
  3. 3. a. In the mesial plane; mesial; as, a sagittal section of an animal. Source: opted
  4. 4. adj. located in a plane that is parallel to the central plane of the sagittal suture Source: wordnet
  5. 5. 1. Of or pertaining to an arrow; resembling an arrow; furnished with an arowlike 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; 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. Source: webster
  6. 6. s. located in a plane that is parallel to the central plane of the sagittal suture Source: ecdict

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