Laterality

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  • noun. Preference in using one side of the body over the other.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The quality of being lateral.
  • noun. The state or condition of having sides.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. The state or condition of being lateral.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. the state or quality of being lateral
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. localization of function on either the right or left sides of the brain
  • noun. the property of using one hand more than the other
  • noun. superior development of one side of the body
  • Word Usage
    "In addition to the laterality of the fracture, right vs. left, the kind of fracture -- open vs. closed, location on the bone -- distal vs. proximal, and whether this was the initial or a subsequent encounter, doctors will need to be much more explicit when documenting care."
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