lateral has definitions from the fields of sport,american football,anatomy
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[ adjective ] (anatomy) lying away from the median and sagittal plane of a body

Examples

"lateral lemniscus"

Related terms

distal

2
[ adjective ] situated at or extending to the side

Synonyms

sidelong

Examples

"the lateral branches of a tree" "shot out sidelong boughs"- Tennyson

Related terms

side

3
[ noun ] (sport,american football) a pass to a receiver upfield from the passer

Synonyms

lateral_pass

Related terms

pass

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