contralaterally

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English

Etymology

From contralateral +‎ -ly.

Adverb

contralaterally (not comparable)

  1. On the opposite side of the body.
    • 2010, Paul Shreve, David W. Townsend, Clinical PET-CT in Radiology: Integrated Imaging in Oncology, →ISBN, page 78:
      For some indications in PET imaging, it is necessary for radiopharmaceutical injections to be administered contralaterally or pedally to the disease process