contralateral

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contralateral

  • [kõn̪t̪ɾalat̪eˈɾal]

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Compuesto de contra ('opuesto') y lateral ("del lado").

adjective contralaterales

  1. academic Del lado opuesto del cuerpo o relativo a la otra mitad. Al sufrir una lesión en la pierna izquierda, la rodilla contralateral tuvo que hacer más esfuerzo

    Opposite: homolateral, ipsilateral

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@misc{contralateral_2026,
  title = {contralateral},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/es/contralateral},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}