midsagittallyadv.
/ˌmɪdˈsadʒᵻtl̩i/, U.S. /ˌmɪdˈsædʒədl̩i/ In or along the midsagittal plane.
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upwardsc1400
posteriorly1598
centrad1803
dextrad1803
distad1803
peripherad1803
proximad1803
sinistrad1803
atlantad1825
rostrad1831
mesially1849
ventrad1849
peripherally1852
posterolaterally1857
rostrally1863
distally1870
medianly1870
ventrally1870
postaxially1873
preaxially1873
posteroventrally1877
proximally1878
mesad1881
lateralwards1882
ventralwards1883
preaxiad1888
mesally1890
anteriad1891
haemad1891
postaxiad1892
lateralward1895
sagittally1895
ventral1899
posteriad1902
ipsilaterally1950
midsagittally1960
ventromedially1960
1960 Science 18 Nov. 1496/3 Both the optic chiasm and the corpus callosum are sectioned mid-sagittally.
1965 Man 65 103/1 In the collection of Egyptian skulls from the Old Kingdom..in No. 2327 the [superciliary] arches meet mid-sagitally [sic].
1989 Jrnl. Othopaedic Res. 7 122 Metal beads were implanted midsagittally into the discs.
1997 Jrnl. Otolaryngol. 26 392 The head of a male cadaver was cut midsagittally.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adv.1960