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contralesional

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
con-trale-sion-al
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Describing the half of a patient's brain or body away from the site of a lesion, as for example with hemispatial neglect after a stroke.

Etymology

From contra- + lesion + -al.

Word Breakdown

Derived Forms

contralesionally

Frequently Paired Words

contralateral

Antonyms

ipsilesional

Questions

What does contralesional mean?
Describing the half of a patient's brain or body away from the site of a lesion, as for example with hemispatial neglect after a stroke.
Where does contralesional come from?
From contra- + lesion + -al.

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