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LATERAL
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A pass to a receiver upfield from the passer
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("lateral" is a kind of...):
pass; passing; passing game; passing play ((American football) a play that involves one player throwing the ball to a teammate)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Lying away from the median and sagittal plane of a body
Example:
lateral lemniscus
Classified under:
Similar:
distal (directed away from the midline or mesial plane of the body)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Situated at or extending to the side
Example:
shot out sidelong boughs
Synonyms:
lateral; sidelong
Classified under:
Similar:
side (located on a side)
Context examples:
A stem which is more than one year old and typically has lateral stems.
(Branch, Food and Drug Administration)
Cognitive flexibility is a major deficit in patients with OCD and is related to the the lateral prefrontal cortex.
(Deep brain stimulation may significantly improve OCD symptoms, University of Cambridge)
The scientists identified two distinct subpopulations of neurons in the BNST that connect to separate populations of neurons in the lateral hypothalamus.
(Researchers identify key brain circuits for reward-seeking and avoidance behavior, National Institutes of Health)
An expanded GGGGCC hexanucleotide repeat in the non-coding region of the C9orf72 gene is associated with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and frontotemporal dementia.
(C9orf72 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)
An elongated gray mass of the neostriatum located adjacent to the lateral ventricle of the brain.
(Caudate Nucleus, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)
There are small lateral columns of water outside which receive the force, and which transmit and multiply it in the manner which is familiar to you.
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Other potential uses of vaterite include improving the cements used in orthopaedic surgery and as an industrial application improving the quality of papers for inkjet printing by reducing the lateral spread of ink.
(Rare mineral discovered in plants for first time, University of Cambridge)
A large blood vessel which returns blood to the heart from the lateral thorax, axilla, and upper limb.
(Axillary Vein, NCI Thesaurus)
This vessel may also receive blood from the lateral mesencephalic vein and empties into the vein of Galen.
(Basal Cerebral Vein of Rosenthal, NCI Thesaurus)
The thalamus and hypothalamus border the lateral walls of the third ventricle.
(Murine Third Ventricle of Brain, NCI Thesaurus)
