relating to or denoting the opposite side of a body, structure, etc
contralateral in American English
(ˌkɑntrəˈlætərəl)
adjective
(of the body)
pertaining to, situated on, or coordinated with the opposite side
Word origin
[1880–85; contra-1 + lateral]This word is first recorded in the period 1880–85. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: Chief of Staff, barnstorm, interface, pari-mutuel, quotation mark
Examples of 'contralateral' in a sentence
contralateral
The unilateral foot was comparable with contralateral unaffected foot both during and post bracing.
Agarwal Anil, Rastogi Anuj 2018, 'Anthropometric measurements in Ponseti treated clubfeet', SICOT-Jhttps://doi.org/10.1051/sicotj/2018010. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Occult cervical metastases are usually ipsilateral, but bilateral and contralateral may be found as well.
Petrović Željko, Jelić Svetislav B., Penđer Ivica 2004, 'Jugular neck dissection for NO neck supraglottic carcinoma', Srpski Arhiv za Celokupno Lekarstvohttp://www.doiserbia.nb.rs/img/doi/0370-8179/2004/0370-81790404073P.pdf. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Comparison between the contralateral sides did not show any statistical difference.
Miguel Pereira Costa, Sandro Baraldi Moreira, Gustavo Costalonga Drumond, Fernandade Marchi Bosi Porto, Fabiano Rebouças Ribeiro, Antonio Carlos Tenor Junior 2016, 'Safety zone for posterosuperior shoulder access: study on cadavers', Revista Brasileira de Ortopediahttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-36162016000400449&lng=en&tlng=en. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The contralateral ear was suppressed by masking.
Luís Roque Reis, Luís Castelhano, Filipe Correia, Pedro Escada 2019, 'Contralateral Occlusion Test (COT): the effect of external ear canal occlusion withaging', CoDAShttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S2317-17822019000300301&lng=en&tlng=en. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Patients may even complain of difficulty with turning their head to the contralateral side.
Yehuda Herschman, MD, Yakov Fellig, MD, Zvi Israel, MBBS 2019, 'Deep brain stimulation and bowstringing: Case report and pathological correlation',Interdisciplinary Neurosurgeryhttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S221475191830269X. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
In both cases, the occurrence of an inguinal hernia on the contralateral side was noted.
Yu Mi Choi, Gyu Min Lee, Jung Bin Yi, Kyung Lim Yoon, Kye Shik Shim, Chong Woo Bae,Sung Il Choi, Hyun Cheol Kim 2012, 'Two cases of female hydrocele of the canal of nuck', Korean Journal of Pediatricshttp://kjp.or.kr/upload/pdf/kjped-55-143.pdf. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Chest radiograph showed total left hemithorax opacity with contralateral mediastinal deviation.
Gina Amanda, Agus Dwi Susanto, Dicky Soehardiman, Dianiati Kusumo Sutoyo, Yuyun Lisnawati,Boy Busmar, Andika Chandra Putra, Erlang Samoedro, Elisna Syahruddin 2017, 'Adenocarcinoma of the lung with positive epidermal growth factor receptor mutationin pregnancy', Lung Indiahttp://www.lungindia.com/article.asp?issn=0970-2113;year=2017;volume=34;issue=6;spage=548;epage=551;aulast=Amanda. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The contralateral regions served as robust internal controls.
Rashna Balsara, Alexander Dang, Deborah L Donahue, Tiffany Snow, Francis J Castellino 2015, 'Conantokin-G attenuates detrimental effects of NMDAR hyperactivity in an ischemicrat model of stroke.', PLoS ONEhttp://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4379059?pdf=render. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Graft success was negatively affected by contralateral perforation (p = 0.003).
Deniz Baklaci, Ismail Guler, Ihsan Kuzucu, Rauf Oguzhan Kum, Muge Ozcan 2018, 'Type 1 tympanoplasty in pediatric patients: a review of 102 cases', BMC Pediatricshttp://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12887-018-1326-1. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Additional masker at the contralateral ear can attenuate the forward suppression by the ipsilateral masker.
Tadashi Nishimura, Yuka Uratani, Tadao Okayasu, Seiji Nakagawa, Hiroshi Hosoi 2013, 'Magnetoencephalographic study on forward suppression by ipsilateral, contralateral,and binaural maskers.', PLoS ONEhttp://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3675151?pdf=render. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)