sagittal

a. அம்புபோன்ற, அம்பு வடிவுடைய.

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Sag"it*tal, a. Etym: [L. sagitta an arrow: cf. F. saguttal.] 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.

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