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adj
Relating to or denoting the suture on top of the skull which runs between the parietal bones in a front to back direction.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
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adj
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
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adj
Of or relating to an arrow; resembling an arrow; furnished with an arrowlike appendage.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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adjective satellite
located in a plane that is parallel to the central plane of the sagittal suture
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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History
Late Middle English, from Medieval Latin sagittālis, from sagitta (“an arrow, shaft, bolt”) + -ālis (“-al”, adjectival suffix).
Across languages
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