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sagittal en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈsæd͡ʒ.ɪ.təl/ (Australia)
  • /ˈsad͡ʒ.ɪ.təl/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ˈsæd͡ʒ.ə.təl/ (General-American)
  • /səˈd͡ʒɪt.əl/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • səjĭʹtəl (Received-Pronunciation)
  • săʹjĭtəl (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

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

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Relating to or denoting the suture on top of the skull which runs between the parietal bones in a front to back direction.
  2. (not-comparable) Relating to or denoting the suture on top of the skull which runs between the parietal bones in a front to back direction. ▸ Of or in a plane parallel to the median plane, especially that dividing the body into left and right halves.
  3. (not-comparable) Of or relating to an arrow; resembling an arrow; furnished with an arrowlike appendage.

Deriveds

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

Relateds

coronal

Translations (9)

ru сагитта́льный (in a plane parallel to the median plane) · cmn 矢狀 /矢状 (in a plane parallel to the median plane) · de sagittal (in a plane parallel to the median plane) · ro sagital (in a plane parallel to the median plane) · fi sagittaalinen (in a plane parallel to the median plane) · kk сагитталдық (in a plane parallel to the median plane) · kk сагитталды (in a plane parallel to the median plane) · la sagittālis (in a plane parallel to the median plane) · es sagital (in a plane parallel to the median plane)