Usually means: Opposite side of the body.
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We found 29 dictionaries that define the word contralateral:

General (14 matching dictionaries)
  1. contralateral: Merriam-Webster
  2. contralateral: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. contralateral: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. contralateral: Collins English Dictionary
  5. contralateral: Vocabulary.com
  6. contralateral: Wordnik
  7. contralateral: Wiktionary
  8. contralateral: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. contralateral: Dictionary.com
  10. Contralateral: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. contralateral: Rhymezone
  12. contralateral: FreeDictionary.org
  13. contralateral: Mnemonic Dictionary
  14. contralateral: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. contralateral: Encyclopedia

Medicine (14 matching dictionaries)
  1. contralateral: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Contralateral: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
  4. ABTA Brain Tumor Patients (No longer online)
  5. Breast Cancer Talking Dictionary (No longer online)
  6. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  7. DICTIONARY OF TERMS IN ORAL PHYSIOLOGY (No longer online)
  8. Neurotrauma Glossary (No longer online)
  9. contralateral: Dictionary of Cancer Terms
  10. contralateral: Medical dictionary
  11. Contralateral: Brain Injury
  12. WeMove Glossary of Terms (No longer online)
  13. Contralateral: Drug Medical Dictionary
  14. Hyperdictionary (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (contralateral)

▸ adjective:  On the opposite side of the body.
▸ noun:  (especially in plural) The opposite side of the body

Similar:
counterlateral, controlateral, ipselateral, ipsilateral, controlesional, lateral, sinistrolateral, laterodistal, paralateral, side, more...

Opposite:
ipsilateral, same-side

Types:
left, right, ipsilateral, more...

Phrases:
contralateral hemiplegia, Contralateral brain, more...

Adjectives:
visual, temporal, cerebral, normal, nucleus, parietal, occipital, ipsilateral, primary, left, cortical

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Similar:
counterlateral, controlateral, ipselateral, ipsilateral, controlesional, lateral, sinistrolateral, laterodistal, paralateral, side, more...

Opposite:
ipsilateral, same-side

Types:
left, right, ipsilateral, more...

Phrases:
contralateral hemiplegia, Contralateral brain, more...

Adjectives:
visual, temporal, cerebral, normal, nucleus, parietal, occipital, ipsilateral, primary, left, cortical



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