sagittal
English
Etymology
Late Middle English, from Medieval Latin sagittālis, from sagitta (“an arrow, shaft, bolt”) + -ālis (“-al”, adjectival suffix).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: săʹjĭtəl, səjĭʹtəl, IPA(key): /ˈsad͡ʒ.ɪt.əl/, /səˈd͡ʒɪt.əl/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈsæd͡ʒ.ət.əl/
- Rhymes: -æd͡ʒɪtəl, -ɪtəl
Adjective
sagittal (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.
- (anatomy) Of or in a plane parallel to the median plane, especially that dividing the body into left and right halves.
- Of or relating to an arrow; resembling an arrow; furnished with an arrowlike appendage.
Derived terms
- dorsosagittal
- ectosagittal
- mediosagittal
- midsagittal
- nonsagittal
- parasagittal
- pseudosagittal
- sagittal crest
- sagittally
- sagittal plane
- sagittal sinus
- sagittal suture
- subsagittal
Translations
in a plane parallel to the median plane
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See also
- coronal
References
- “sagittal”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- “sagittal”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
Anagrams
- SLAGIATT, tagtails
French
Adjective
sagittal (feminine sagittale, masculine plural sagittaux, feminine plural sagittales)
- sagittal
Further reading
- “sagittal”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
German
Etymology
Borrowed from New Latin sagittālis, from Latin sagitta (“arrow”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /zaɡɪˈtaːl/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -aːl
Adjective
sagittal (strong nominative masculine singular sagittaler, not comparable)
- sagittal
Declension
Positive forms of sagittal (uncomparable)
| number & gender | singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | all genders | ||
| predicative | er ist sagittal | sie ist sagittal | es ist sagittal | sie sind sagittal | |
| strong declension (without article) | nominative | sagittaler | sagittale | sagittales | sagittale |
| genitive | sagittalen | sagittaler | sagittalen | sagittaler | |
| dative | sagittalem | sagittaler | sagittalem | sagittalen | |
| accusative | sagittalen | sagittale | sagittales | sagittale | |
| weak declension (with definite article) | nominative | der sagittale | die sagittale | das sagittale | die sagittalen |
| genitive | des sagittalen | der sagittalen | des sagittalen | der sagittalen | |
| dative | dem sagittalen | der sagittalen | dem sagittalen | den sagittalen | |
| accusative | den sagittalen | die sagittale | das sagittale | die sagittalen | |
| mixed declension (with indefinite article) | nominative | ein sagittaler | eine sagittale | ein sagittales | (keine) sagittalen |
| genitive | eines sagittalen | einer sagittalen | eines sagittalen | (keiner) sagittalen | |
| dative | einem sagittalen | einer sagittalen | einem sagittalen | (keinen) sagittalen | |
| accusative | einen sagittalen | eine sagittale | ein sagittales | (keine) sagittalen | |