Dictionary.com
Thesaurus.com

laterad

American  
[lat-uh-rad] / ˈlæt əˌræd /

adverb

Anatomy.
  1. toward the side.


Etymology

Origin of laterad

1805–15; < Latin later- (stem of latus side) + -ad 3

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

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.

From Development of the Digestive Canal of the American Alligator by Reese, C. M.

By this time each strip has spread laterad to the legs and sides, and is 10 to 20 mm. wide.

From Natural History of the Prairie Vole (Mammalian Genus Microtus) [KU. Vol. 1 No. 7] by Jameson, E. W.

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.

From Development of the Digestive Canal of the American Alligator by Reese, C. M.

Ventrad and laterad to the glottis a crescentic condensation of mesoblast represents the beginning of the laryngeal cartilages, la.

From Development of the Digestive Canal of the American Alligator by Reese, C. M.

From the origin the muscle passed posterodorsad and laterad of the pterygoid flange.

From The Adductor Muscles of the Jaw In Some Primitive Reptiles by Fox, Richard C.