LATERAL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does lateral mean? 

• LATERAL (noun)
  The noun LATERAL has 1 sense:

1. a pass to a receiver upfield from the passer

  Familiarity information: LATERAL used as a noun is very rare.

• LATERAL (adjective)
  The adjective LATERAL has 2 senses:

1. situated at or extending to the side

2. lying away from the median and sagittal plane of a body

  Familiarity information: LATERAL used as an adjective is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LATERAL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A pass to a receiver upfield from the passer

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

lateral; lateral pass

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)

• LATERAL (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Situated at or extending to the side

Synonyms:

lateral; sidelong

Context example:

shot out sidelong boughs

Similar:

side (located on a side)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Lying away from the median and sagittal plane of a body

Context example:

lateral lemniscus

Similar:

distal (directed away from the midline or mesial plane of the body)

 Context examples 

Examples of neuromuscular disorders include: • Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis • Multiple sclerosis • Myasthenia gravis • Spinal muscular atrophy

(Neuromuscular Disorders, NIH)

There are two locations, the medial meniscus located on the inner aspect of the knee and the lateral which is located on the outer aspect.

(Meniscus, NCI Thesaurus)

Blood vessels forming villous structures in the third, fourth, and lateral ventricles of the brain.

(Choroid plexus, NCI Thesaurus)

It is part of the lateral side of the cortex and its function includes the processing of emotions, memory, and higher autonomic control.

(Central Lobe, NCI Thesaurus)

A benign neoplasm with exophytic and endophytic growth arising from the lateral nasal wall or the paranasal sinuses.

(Oncocytic Schneiderian Papilloma, NCI Thesaurus)

The lateral corner of the eye where the upper and lower eyelids join.

(Outer Canthus, NCI Thesaurus)

This term may refer to the medial plantar nerve or lateral plantar nerve, both of which originate from the tibial nerve.

(Plantar Nerve, NCI Thesaurus)

An artery arising from the posterior tibial artery that supplies the muscles on the lateral side of the lower leg.

(Peroneal Artery, NCI Thesaurus)

Prostatic parenchyma that occupies the posterior and lateral aspects of the prostate gland.

(Peripheral Zone of the Prostatic Parenchyma, NCI Thesaurus)

Evidence of inferior or lateral myocardial infarction is usually also present.

(Acute Posterior Myocardial Infarction by ECG Finding, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)