contralateral
IPA: kˈɑntrʌɫˈætɝʌɫ
noun
- (especially in plural) The opposite side of the body
adjective
- On the opposite side of the body.
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Examples of "contralateral" in Sentences
- Prediction of contralateral slips in children with SCFE
- Stimulation of the premotor region triggered overt mouth and contralateral limb movements.
- Just like the right hand has a "contralateral" opposing hand, the left hand -- the word PROGRESSIVE has it's oppositional counterpart and that word is REGRESSIVE.
- The lung-to-head circumference ratio (LHR) is an ultrasound-based measurement of the contralateral lung area taken at the level of the 4-chamber view of the heart.
- Hajopoulos, 44, had what doctors call a contralateral prophylactic mastectomy, or, in laymen's terms, a preventive mastectomy in a breast not yet determined to have cancer.
- Researchers reported a 150 percent increase between 1998 and 2003 for the procedure, called contralateral prophylactic mastectomy, in a study published last year in the Journal of Clinical Oncology.
- If you have decided to surgically remove the "small-ish" residual tumor in the left breast, then the same thinking would lead one to consider removing any tumor in the contralateral breast should one be found.
- A study published Monday in the journal Cancer found that among women in New York state who had cancer in one breast, the number who opted to have the other breast removed, called contralateral prophylactic mastectomy, more than doubled between 1995 and 2005, with nearly 5,000 women opting for the procedure during that period.
- The choice to remove a healthy breast in order to avoid breast cancer is a deeply personal decision -- one that appears to be on the upswing in a specific segment of cancer patients, although there's little evidence to suggest it improves survival. study published Monday in the journal Cancer found that among women who had cancer in one breast, the number who opted to have the other breast removed, called contralateral prophylactic mastectomy, increased from 1995 through 2005 in New York state.
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