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sinistro-|ˈsɪnɪstrəʊ| used as combining form of sinister, in the sense ‘on, situated in, directed or turning towards the left’, as sinistro-cerebral, sinistro-gyrate, sinistro-gyric adjs.; sinistro-sacrad adv.
1803J. Barclay New Anat. Nomencl. 174 The position of the heart in the thorax;..we may say its direction from the mesial plane is sinistrad and sacrad, or sinistro-sacrad. 1885Proc. Soc. Psychol. Research III. 43 The replacement of some sinistro-cerebral by some dextro-cerebral centre of sight or speech. 1887Amer. Jrnl. Psychol. I. 194 All movements of the hand..from right to left are sinistrogyric. 1898Daily Graphic 16 Feb. 9/4 The writing..was sinistrogyrate, or centrifugal. |