sagittal

Late Middle English, from Medieval Latin sagittālis, from sagitta (“an arrow, shaft, bolt”) +‎ -ālis (“-al”, adjectival suffix).

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: săʹjĭtəl, səjĭʹtəl, IPA^(key): /ˈsad͡ʒ.ɪ.təl/, /səˈd͡ʒɪt.əl/

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈsæd͡ʒ.ə.təl/, /ˈsæd͡ʒ.ə.təl/
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˈsæd͡ʒ.ɪ.təl/
• Rhymes: -ædʒɪtəl, -ɪtəl

sagittal (not comparable)

1. (anatomy) Relating to or denoting the suture on top of the skull which runs between the parietal bones in a front to back direction.
   1. (anatomy) Of or in a plane parallel to the median plane, especially that dividing the body into left and right halves.
2. Of or relating to an arrow; resembling an arrow; furnished with an arrowlike appendage.

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• “sagittal”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “sagittal”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

• SLAGIATT, tagtails

sagittal (feminine sagittale, masculine plural sagittaux, feminine plural sagittales)

1. sagittal

• “sagittal”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Borrowed from New Latin sagittālis, from Latin sagitta (“arrow”).

• IPA^(key): /zaɡɪˈtaːl/

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• Rhymes: -aːl

sagittal (strong nominative masculine singular sagittaler, not comparable)

1. sagittal