counterlateral
counterlateral is the alternative form of contralateral.
Meaning of contralateral
Adjective
contralateral (not comparable)
- On the opposite side of the body.
- Early detection and advances in breast cancer treatment have increased the overall survival and life expectancy of patients with unilateral breast cancer, thereby increasing their risk of subsequently developing contralateral breast cancer.2004, S. Eva Singletary, Advanced Therapy of Breast Disease, page 629
- Synonyms:
- heterolateral
Origin of counterlateral
From counter- + lateral.
Words that rhyme with counterlateral
- collateral
- lateral
- bilateral
- equilateral
- multilateral
- unilateral
- longilateral
- quadrilateral
- trilateral
- acousticolateral
- ambilateral
- anterolateral
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- apicolateral
- axiolateral
- basilateral
- basolateral
- caudolateral
- centrolateral
- contralateral
- costolateral
- craniolateral
- dextrolateral
- distolateral
- dorsolateral
- ectolateral
- frontolateral
- hemilateral
- heterolateral
- homolateral
- inferolateral
- ipsilateral
- isolateral
- labiolateral
- laterolateral
- left lateral
- linguolateral
- matrilateral
- mediolateral
- mesiolateral
- mesolateral
- midlateral
- monolateral
- obliquolateral
- occipitolateral
- octavolateral
- octolateral
- omnilateral
- orbitolateral
- palmarolateral
- patrilateral
- plantolateral
- plurilateral
- polylateral
- posterolateral
- prolateral
- proximolateral
- retrolateral
- right lateral
- rostrolateral
- sacrolateral
Questions about counterlateral
- What is counterlateral the alternative form of?
- Counterlateral is the alternative form of contralateral.
Words near counterlateral in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: counterlateral (page history and authors); contralateral (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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