Meanings
adjectivesemilateral (not comparable)
- not comparablePartially lateral (partially on one's side)
The time for PaO 2 to decrease to 200 mmHg after the start of SLV was very rapid: 354 s in the supine group compared with 583 s in the semilateral group and 794 s in the full-lateral group [ 6 ].
2015 August 12, Bassam M. Shoman et al., ““High Frequency/Small Tidal Volume Differential Lung Ventilation”: A Technique of Ventilating the Nondependent Lung of One Lung Ventilation for Robotically Assisted Thoracic Surgery”, in Case Reports in Anesthesiology, volume 2015, →DOI
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Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with semilateral
lateralcollateralbilateralmultilateralunilateralcontralateraltrilateralipsilateralquadrilateralequilateralbasolateraldorsolateralventrolateralposterolateralanterolateralplurilateralacousticolateralambilateralapicolateralaxiolateralbasilateralcaudolateralcentrolateralcostolateral
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“semilateral.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/semilateral. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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