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LATERALIZATION
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Dictionary entry overview: What does lateralization mean?
• LATERALIZATION (noun)
The noun LATERALIZATION has 1 sense:
1. localization of function on either the right or left sides of the brain
Familiarity information: LATERALIZATION used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Localization of function on either the right or left sides of the brain
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Synonyms:
lateralisation; laterality; lateralization
Hypernyms ("lateralization" is a kind of...):
localisation; localisation of function; localisation principle; localization; localization of function; localization principle ((physiology) the principle that specific functions have relatively circumscribed locations in some particular part or organ of the body)
Derivation:
lateralize (move or displace to one side so as to make lateral)
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