English Explanatory Dictionary

sagittal

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Pronunciation

săʹjĭtəl səjĭʹtəl /ˈsad͡ʒ.ɪ.təl/ /səˈd͡ʒɪt.əl/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-sagittal.wav /ˈsæd͡ʒ.ə.təl/ /ˈsæd͡ʒ.ɪ.təl/

Word forms

sagittal

Etymology

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

Related words

coronal

Derived words

dorsosagittal ectosagittal frontosagittal mediosagittal midsagittal nonsagittal parasagittal pseudosagittal sagittal crest sagittally sagittal plane sagittal sinus sagittal suture subsagittal
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