Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun laterality

3 senses of laterality

Sense 1
lateralization, lateralisation, laterality -- (localization of function on either the right or left sides of the brain)
       => localization of function, localisation of function, localization principle, localisation principle, localization, localisation -- ((physiology) the principle that specific functions have relatively circumscribed locations in some particular part or organ of the body)

Sense 2
handedness, laterality -- (the property of using one hand more than the other)
       => asymmetry, dissymmetry, imbalance -- ((mathematics) a lack of symmetry)

Sense 3
laterality, dominance -- (superior development of one side of the body)
       => bodily property -- (an attribute of the body)

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