1.
[syn: sagittal suture, interparietal suture, sutura sagittalis]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Sagittal \Sag"it*tal\, a. [L. sagitta an arrow: cf. F.
sagittal.]
1. Of or pertaining to an arrow; resembling an arrow;
furnished with an arrowlike appendage.
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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; mesial; as, a sagittal section of
an animal.
[1913 Webster]
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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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
interparietal suture
n 1: the suture uniting the two parietal bones [syn: sagittal
suture, interparietal suture, sutura sagittalis]