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midsagittal plane

[mid-saj-i-tl]
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noun Craniometry.
  1. a plane passing through the nasion when the skull is oriented in the Frankfurt horizontal.
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Origin of midsagittal plane

First recorded in 1955–60; mid- + sagittal
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midsagittal plane

(mĭd-săj′ĭ-tl)
n.
  1. median plane
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