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contralaterally

contralaterally adverb: on the opposite side of the body.

Adverb

contralaterally (not comparable)

  1. On the opposite side of the body.
    • For some indications in PET imaging, it is necessary for radiopharmaceutical injections to be administered contralaterally or pedally to the disease process2010, Paul Shreve, David W. Townsend, Clinical PET-CT in Radiology: Integrated Imaging in Oncology, →ISBN, page 78

Origin of contralaterally

From contralateral + -ly.

Questions about contralaterally

What does contralaterally mean?
Contralaterally means on the opposite side of the body.
What part of speech is contralaterally?
Contralaterally is an adverb.

Words near contralaterally in the dictionary

  1. contralateral
  2. contralaterality
  3. contralateralize
  4. contralateralized
  5. contralateralizes
  6. contralaterally
  7. contralaterals
  8. contralesional
  9. contralesionally
  10. contralti
  11. contralto

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