| 释义 |
lateralize, v.|ˈlætərəlaɪz|
[f. lateral a. + -ize.]
1. trans. To move or displace to the side; to render lateral. rare—1.
1903Therapeutic Gaz. 15 Feb. 74/2 The woven coudé catheter or soft-rubber catheter should be chosen to measure the urethral length,..since the bend..enables it more readily to surmount or pass projections on the floor,..providing the elbow tip is lateralized.
2. pass. To be largely under the control of the left- or the right-hand side of the brain.
1954Brain LXXVII. 533 Milner reports visual-spatial defects consistently more severe in right temporal lobe excisions than left. She suggests that this is a function which is usually lateralized on the right. 1970M. S. Gazzaniga Bisected Brain vi. 116 The neural organization required for spoken language is usually lateralized to one cerebral hemisphere. Ibid. 85 Position sense is..crisply lateralized. |