Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In zoology, to or toward the side; laterally in direction.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb (Anat.) Toward the side; away from the mesial plane; -- opposed to
mesiad .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adverb anatomy Toward the
side ; away from themesial plane .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Ventrad and laterad to the glottis a crescentic condensation of mesoblast represents the beginning of the laryngeal cartilages, _la_.
Development of the Digestive Canal of the American Alligator C. M. [Illustrator] Reese
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While the trachea and bronchi lie ventrad to the oesophagus, the lungs lie laterad and even dorsad to the oesophagus and cardiac end of the stomach.
Development of the Digestive Canal of the American Alligator C. M. [Illustrator] Reese
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From this diverticulum the duodenum, _d_, leads caudad and laterad for a short distance as a narrow tube, then suddenly expands into the widest part of the entire intestine.
Development of the Digestive Canal of the American Alligator C. M. [Illustrator] Reese
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From this point the hindgut, _hg_, extends cephalad until it lies laterad to the middle region of the duodenum, then bends through 180° and extends, in an almost straight line, to the cloaca, _cl_, lying in the region of the posterior appendage, _pa_.
Development of the Digestive Canal of the American Alligator C. M. [Illustrator] Reese
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