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sinistrodextral

sinistrodextral adjective: moving or directed from the left to the right.

Adjective

sinistrodextral (not comparable)

  1. Moving or directed from the left to the right.
    • a sinistrodextral script

Antonyms of sinistrodextral

Origin of sinistrodextral

From sinistro- + dextral.

Words formed from sinistrodextral

Questions about sinistrodextral

What does sinistrodextral mean?
Sinistrodextral means moving or directed from the left to the right.
What part of speech is sinistrodextral?
Sinistrodextral is an adjective.

Words near sinistrodextral in the dictionary

  1. sinistrin
  2. sinistrine
  3. sinistro-
  4. sinistrocular
  5. sinistrocularity
  6. sinistrodextral
  7. sinistrodextrally
  8. sinistrograde
  9. sinistrogyre
  10. sinistrolateral
  11. sinistromanual

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