a. Phys. [f. Gr. ἀτλαντ-, stem of ἄτλας (see ATLAS sb.1) + -AL 1.] Of or belonging to the atlas; also used by some for: Of or belonging to the upper part of the body.
1803. Edin. Rev., III. 105. Dr. Barclay therefore proposes the words atlantal and sacral instead of superior and inferior.
1839. Todd, Cycl. Anat. & Phys., III. 245/1. The atlantal portion of the body.
1854. Owen, in Orr’s Circ. Sc., Org. Nat. I. 197. The atlantal neurapophyses.
