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sagittal

[saj-i-tl] / ˈsædʒ ɪ tl /
ADJECTIVE
pointed
Synonyms
STRONGEST
barbed sharp
STRONG
acuminate cornered edged fine keen peaked spiked
WEAK
acicular aciculate acuminous acute arrowlike cuspidate mucronate piked pointy pronged sagittate sharp-cornered
Antonyms
WEAK
blunt dull

Example Sentences

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The percentage of meniscus was calculated in the coronal and sagittal sections, respectively.

From Science Daily • Feb. 7, 2024

The results revealed that the percentage of the meniscus covering the tibia in the coronal and sagittal planes was higher in the symptomatic group than in the asymptomatic group.

From Science Daily • Feb. 7, 2024

He went to a hospital emergency room just after midnight and was found to have high blood pressure and sagittal sinus venous thrombosis.

From New York Times • Apr. 20, 2023

The lambdoid suture extends downward and laterally to either side away from its junction with the sagittal suture.

From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013

There are no signs left of the sagittal and lambdoid sutures, and only the basal portions of the temporo-occipital articulation remain.

From A Bilateral Division of the Parietal Bone in a Chimpanzee; with a Special Reference to the Oblique Sutures in the Parietal by Hrdlička, Aleš