Middle English Dictionary Entry
saǧittāle adj.
Entry Info
| Forms | saǧittāle adj. Also sagittalle, (Latinate) sagittales. |
| Etymology | ML |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Anat. In the shape of an arrow: ~ jointure, the sagittal suture; ~ sem, the lambdoidal suture; addicioun ~, the styloid process.
Associated quotations
- a1400 Lanfranc (Ashm 1396)109/6 : Þei ben bounde togidere bi oon ioynture, þe which þat strecchiþ from bifore to bihynde to þe lenkþe of þe heed, þe which is clepid sagittales [L sagittalis] by as myche as he is schape lijk an arowe.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)12b/a : Þe tonge..haþ forsoþ 9 musculez which springeþ fro þe addicioun sagittale [Ch.(2): arwely addicioun; L additione sagittali] & fro þe bone laudiformy.
- c1475(1392) *MS Wel.564 (Wel 564)19a/b : Þe fourþe boon..is clepid lauda by enchesoun of his seem þat is callid lauda or ellis sagittalle, ffor þis seem haþ him in þe maner of an arowe, and also for it is lijk to þis grek lettre labda or þis figure of seuene in algorisme 7.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: Med., etc., see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. jointure sagittalis.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: Med., etc., see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. sagittal addition.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: Med., etc., see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. seam sagittalis.