ipsilateral
- adjective
- /ˌɪpsɪˈlætərəl/
- Specialized
- The doctor explained that the injury was on the ipsilateral side of the body, affecting the same area as the surgery.
- ipsilateral turbinate
- ipsilateral breast
- ipsilateral side
Examples
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Is the sensation of hearing both contralateral and ipsilateral from both ears?
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The relapse rate in the ipsilateral breast was 24.5% in the non-irradiated group and 5.8% following breast irradiation.
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Most patients had an ipsilateral conductive hearing loss or a mixed hearing loss.
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In each case, management was straightforward because the two tumors were ipsilateral.
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Both patients were elderly, and both had ipsilateral moderate-to-severe SNHL.
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A 2-cm Lynch incision was made on the ipsilateral side.
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The most common finding overall on CT was that disease was present in the ipsilateral ethmoid sinus (Table 2).
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In addition to the left facial nerve palsy, a deficit was noted in the ipsilateral VIIIth nerve.
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Widening of the middle meatus and ipsilateral retraction of the middle turbinate toward the affected side are seen on endoscopy.
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First, it is known that nasopharyngeal carcinoma can metastasize to the parotid gland, particularly on the ipsilateral side.
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Morphology
Etymology
Ipsilateral comes from the parts ipsi- ('same') and lateral ('side'), like the word lateral or bilateral. So something ipsilateral is on the 'same side' of the body as something else.