sagittal

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Archie's condition - known as Sagittal Synostosis - means that as his brain grows, the skull cannot grow sideways to accommodate it.

From BBC • Nov. 23, 2021

Figure 7.11 Sagittal Section of Skull This midline view of the sagittally sectioned skull shows the nasal septum.

From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013

Sagittal plane: the longitudinal vertical plane which divides an animal into right and left halves.

From Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology by Smith, John. B.

They are three in number, namely the Sagittal, the Coronal, and the Lambdoidal.

From The Compleat Surgeon or, the whole Art of Surgery explain'd in a most familiar Method. by Le Clerc, Charles Gabriel

The Sagittal is streight, beginning in the middle of the Fore-head, and sometimes at the root of the Nose, and being terminated behind, at the joining of the two Branches of the Lambdoidal Suture.

From The Compleat Surgeon or, the whole Art of Surgery explain'd in a most familiar Method. by Le Clerc, Charles Gabriel