sagittal
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Nancy was a year old when she was eventually diagnosed with sagittal craniosynostosis, a rare condition where the skull does not grow properly - but the delay meant she had to undergo more invasive surgery.
From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026
One-year-old Rory Potter, from Chesterfield in Derbyshire, was diagnosed with severe sagittal craniosynostosis, external - a condition where the skull fuses before birth - shortly after he was born in April last year.
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026
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
Skull: Nasals relatively long; rostrum narrow; ascending processes of premaxillae narrow; extension of premaxillae posterior to nasals short; lambdoidal and sagittal crests poorly developed; zygomatic arches light; jugals nearly straight; palate narrow; molariform teeth small.
From The Pocket Gophers (Genus Thomomys) of Utah, Vol. 1 No. 1 Kansas University Publications. by Stephen D. Durrant
