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

Adjective

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.

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

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 矢狀／矢状 (zh) (shǐzhuàng)

• Finnish: sagittaalinen
• German: sagittal (de)
• Kazakh: сагитталды (sagittaldy), сагитталдық (sagittaldyq)
• Latin: sagittālis
• Romanian: sagital (ro)
• Russian: сагитта́льный (ru) (sagittálʹnyj)
• Spanish: sagital (es)

See also

• coronal

References

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

Anagrams

• SLAGIATT, tagtails

French

Adjective

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

1. 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/

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• Rhymes: -aːl

Adjective

sagittal (strong nominative masculine singular sagittaler, not comparable)

1. sagittal

Declension

Positive forms of sagittal (uncomparable)

number & gender		singular			plural
		masculine	feminine	neuter
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