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rabdoidal 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.

  2. (Anat.)

    1. 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.

    2. In the mesial plane; mesial; as, a sagittal section of an animal.

      Sagittal suture (Anat.), the suture between the two parietal bones in the top of the skull; -- called also rabdoidal suture, and interparietal suture.