Definition of Lateral

1. Adjective. Situated at or extending to the side. "Shot out sidelong boughs"

Exact synonyms: Sidelong
Similar to: Side

2. Noun. A pass to a receiver upfield from the passer.
Exact synonyms: Lateral Pass
Generic synonyms: Pass, Passing, Passing Game, Passing Play

3. Adjective. Lying away from the median and sagittal plane of a body. "Lateral lemniscus"
Similar to: Distal

Definition of Lateral

1. a. Of or pertaining to the sides; as, the lateral walls of a house; the lateral branches of a tree.

Definition of Lateral

1. Adjective. To the side; of or pertaining to the side. ¹

2. Adjective. (anatomy) Pertaining to the left or right of the body; further from the midline. ¹

3. Adjective. (botany) Pertaining to the girth of an organ, rather than its thickness or length. ¹

4. Adjective. (linguistics) Pertaining to sounds that are generated by partially blocking the egress of the airstream with the tip of the tongue touching the alveolar ridge, leaving space on one or both sides of the occlusion for the air passage. ¹

5. Noun. an object, such as a passage or a protrusion, that is situated on the side of something else ¹

6. Noun. (linguistics) a sound produced through lateral pronunciation (such as /l/ in ''lateral'') ¹

7. Noun. (American football) a lateral pass ¹

8. Verb. To move (oneself or something) in a lateral direction ¹

9. Verb. (American football) To execute a lateral pass ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Lateral

1. to execute a type of pass in football [v -ALED, -ALING, -ALS or -ALLED, -ALLING, -ALS]

Medical Definition of Lateral

1. 1. Denoting a position farther from the median plane or midline of the body or of a structure. 2. Pertaining to a side. Origin: L. Lateralis This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Lateral

latent reflex
latent schizophrenia
latent stage
latent syphilis
latent tetany
latent typhoid
latent virus
latent zone
latently
latents
later
later(a)
later on
latera
laterad
lateral X-ray
lateral aberrant thyroid carcinoma
lateral aberration
lateral alveolar abscess
lateral ampullar nerve
lateral angle of eye
lateral angle of scapula
lateral angle of uterus
lateral antebrachial cutaneous nerve
lateral anterior thoracic nerve
lateral aperture of the fourth ventricle
lateral arcuate ligament
lateral area
lateral areas

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