lateralization

lateralization
The process whereby certain embryological asymmetries of structure (such as the right-side location of the liver and the structure of the great vessels) and function (handedness) are ordained phylogenetically, coded genetically, and realized ontogenetically.

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lat·er·al·iza·tion also Brit lat·er·al·isa·tion .lat-ə-rə-lə-'zā-shən, .la-trə-lə- n localization of function or activity (as of verbal processes in the brain) on one side of the body in preference to the other
lat·er·al·ize also Brit lat·er·al·ise 'lat-ə-rə-.līz, 'la-trə-.līz vt, -ized also Brit -ised; -iz·ing also Brit -is·ing

Medical dictionary. 2011.

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