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midsagittal plane

American  
[mid-saj-i-tl] / mɪdˈsædʒ ɪ tl /

noun

Craniometry.

  1. a plane passing through the nasion when the skull is oriented in the Frankfurt horizontal.

Etymology

Origin of midsagittal plane

First recorded in 1955–60; mid- + sagittal

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