Meanings
adjectiveobliquolateral (not comparable)
- not comparableanatomyoblique and lateral
Posterior to every neural spine is a deep and narrow excavation that is directed anteriorly within the spine, forming a triangular 3D shape with obliquolateral sides (the sides are directed medially).
2015 December 10, “Osteological and Soft-Tissue Evidence for Pneumatization in the Cervical Column of the Ostrich ( Struthio camelus ) and Observations on the Vertebral Columns of Non-Volant, Semi-Volant and Semi-Aquatic Birds”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI
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Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with obliquolateral
lateralcollateralbilateralmultilateralunilateralcontralateraltrilateralipsilateralquadrilateralequilateralbasolateraldorsolateralventrolateralposterolateralanterolateralplurilateralacousticolateralambilateralapicolateralaxiolateralbasilateralcaudolateralcentrolateralcostolateral
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obliquolateral. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/obliquolateral
MLA
“obliquolateral.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/obliquolateral. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “obliquolateral,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/obliquolateral.
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