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Definition: Contralateral |
ContralateralAdjective1. On or relating to the opposite side (of the body). Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definition |
Health | Having to do with the opposite side of the body. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Antonym: ipsilateral (adj). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Contralateral |
| English words defined with "contralateral": fornix. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "contralateral": alternans, anterior internuclear palsy ♦ Benedikt syndrome, Benedikt's syndrome, Brown-Sequard Syndrome ♦ Crisscross Heart ♦ Fenretinide ♦ hemiplegia alternans inferior sive facialis ♦ internuclear anterior ophthalmoplegia 2.anterior internuclear ophthalmoplegia ♦ Lhermitte's ophthalmoplegia ♦ Raymond syndrome, Red Nucleus ♦ tegmental mesencephalic paralysis, tegmental syndrome. (references) |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | No data indicate any increased risk of secondary malignancies or contralateral breast cancers resulting from breast irradiation. (references) | |
In prospective studies in node negative patients, tamoxifen reduces the clinical incidence of contralateral primary breast cancer. (references) | ||
Since ovarian germ cell cancers are mostly unilateral, with the exception of dysgerminomas, it seems prudent to avoid biopsy of a normal-appearing contralateral ovary. (references) | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Contralateral" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 75.00% of the time. "Contralateral" is used about 28 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 75% | 21 | 76,261 |
| Noun (singular) | 25% | 7 | 133,076 |
| Total | 100.00% | 28 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "contralateral": contralateral-directed. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
contralateral | 3 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "contralateral"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 对侧. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Danish | modsidig, kontralateral. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Dutch | contralateraal. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
French | contre-latéral, contra-latéral. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
German | kontralateral. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Greek | αντίπλευρος. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Italian | controlaterale. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Korean | 대측성. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ontralateralcay contra-lateral. (various references) contralateral. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-a-c-e-l-l-n-o-r-r-t-t" | |
-3 letters: alternator, tarantella. | |
-5 letters: allocate, allotter, alterant, analecta, canaller, caroller, collaret, octantal, reactant, retroact, tarlatan, tarletan, tolerant. | |
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