sagittal
English
editEtymology
editLate Middle English, from Medieval Latin sagittālis, from sagitta (“an arrow, shaft, bolt”) + -ālis (“-al”, adjectival suffix).
Pronunciation
edit- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: săʹjĭtəl, səjĭʹtəl, IPA(key): /ˈsad͡ʒ.ɪ.təl/, /səˈd͡ʒɪt.əl/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈsæd͡ʒ.ə.təl/, /ˈsæd͡ʒ.ə.təl/
- (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈsæd͡ʒ.ɪ.təl/
- Rhymes: -ædʒɪtəl, -ɪtəl
Adjective
editsagittal (not comparable)
- (anatomy) 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 relating to an arrow; resembling an arrow; furnished with an arrowlike appendage.
Derived terms
editTranslations
editin a plane parallel to the median plane
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See also
editReferences
edit- “sagittal”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- “sagittal”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
Anagrams
editFrench
editAdjective
editsagittal (feminine sagittale, masculine plural sagittaux, feminine plural sagittales)
Further reading
edit- “sagittal”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
German
editEtymology
editBorrowed from New Latin sagittālis, from Latin sagitta (“arrow”).
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editsagittal (strong nominative masculine singular sagittaler, not comparable)
- sagittal
Declension
editPositive forms of sagittal (uncomparable)
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- Rhymes:English/ædʒɪtəl
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- Rhymes:English/ɪtəl/3 syllables
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- Rhymes:German/aːl
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