CONTRALATERAL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does contralateral mean? 

• CONTRALATERAL (adjective)
  The adjective CONTRALATERAL has 1 sense:

1. on or relating to the opposite side (of the body)

  Familiarity information: CONTRALATERAL used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CONTRALATERAL (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

On or relating to the opposite side (of the body)

Antonym:

ipsilateral (on or relating to the same side (of the body))

 Context examples 

The most common sites of involvement are the contralateral ovary, peritoneal cavity, para-aortic and pelvic lymph nodes, and liver.

(Ovarian Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)

The definition of N2c TNM finding depends on the specific type of cancer that it refers to; for example, for cutaneous melanoma it refers to intralymphatic metastases (in transit or satellite metastases) without metastatic nodes; for lip and oral cavity cancer it refers to metastases in bilateral or contralateral lymph nodes, none more than 6 cm in greatest dimension.

(N2c Stage Finding, NCI Thesaurus)

The tumor extends across the midline and the regional lymph nodes may or may not be involved by tumor; or the tumor is unilateral and the contralateral lymph nodes are involved by tumor; or the tumor is in midline and there is bilateral lymph node involvement by tumor.

(INSS Stage 3, NCI Thesaurus)

The C-shaped bundle of axons in the midline of the brain which originate in both hemispheres of the hippocampus and project to the contralateral hippocampus and septum, mammillary body, and the anterior nucleus of the thalamus.

(Cerebral Fornix, NCI Thesaurus)