retrolateral
retrolateral adjective: on the side and facing backwards.
Adjective
retrolateral (not comparable)
Origin of retrolateral
From retro- + lateral.
Words formed from retrolateral
Words that rhyme with retrolateral
- collateral
- lateral
- bilateral
- equilateral
- multilateral
- unilateral
- longilateral
- quadrilateral
- trilateral
- acousticolateral
- ambilateral
- anterolateral
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- apicolateral
- axiolateral
- basilateral
- basolateral
- caudolateral
- centrolateral
- contralateral
- costolateral
- counterlateral
- 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
- right lateral
- rostrolateral
- sacrolateral
Questions about retrolateral
- What does retrolateral mean?
- Retrolateral means on the side and facing backwards.
- What part of speech is retrolateral?
- Retrolateral is an adjective.
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