laterality

2 definitions found

laterality - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Laterality \Lat`er*al"i*ty\, n.
     The state or condition of being lateral.
     [1913 Webster]

laterality - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  laterality
      n 1: localization of function on either the right or left sides
           of the brain [syn: lateralization, lateralisation,
           laterality]
      2: the property of using one hand more than the other [syn:
         handedness, laterality]
      3: superior development of one side of the body [syn:
         laterality, dominance]