Definition of contralateral in English:
contralateral
adjectiveˌkɒntrəˈlat(ə)r(ə)lˌkäntrəˈladərəl
Medicine Relating to or denoting the side of the body opposite to that on which a particular structure or condition occurs.
the symptom develops in the hand contralateral to the lesion
Example sentencesExamples
- In our patient, the contralateral pedicular stress fracture first occurred in combination with unilateral spondylolysis.
- The surgeon exposes the femoral artery on the contralateral (ie, opposite) side in the same fashion.
- This seems to be of biological relevance because contralateral (opposite side of tumor) use did not significantly increase the risk.
- In one case, the contralateral side was missing.
- During walking, external layers and internal layers on contralateral sides of the body were active in synchrony.