sagittal
    adj 1: located in a plane that is parallel to the central plane
           of the sagittal suture

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.
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   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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