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| 1. | [ adjective ] (anatomy) lying away from the median and sagittal plane of a body | |
| Examples: | "lateral lemniscus" |
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| Related terms: | distal | |
| 2. | [ adjective ] situated at or extending to the side | |
| Synonyms: | sidelong | |
| Examples: | "the lateral branches of a tree" "shot out sidelong boughs"- Tennyson |
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| Related terms: | side | |
| 3. | [ noun ] (sport,american football) a pass to a receiver upfield from the passer | |
| Synonyms: | lateral_pass | |
| Related terms: | pass | |
| Similar spelling: |
laterally lateralize laterality latterly laetrile literal literally literalize literalism literalise |
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