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lateral
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lateral [′lad·ə·rəl]
(anatomy)
At, pertaining to, or in the direction of the side; on either side of the medial vertical plane.
(engineering)
In a gas distribution or transmission system, a pipe branching away from the central, primary part of the system.
(mining engineering)
In horizon mining, a hard heading branching off a horizon along the strike of the seams.
A horizontal mine working.
lateral sewer
A sewer which discharges into a branch or other sewer and has no other common sewer tributary to it.
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Fitzgerald had scans of his left knee done after the game and it was confirmed that he sustained a ruptured lateral collateral ligament.
UNLUCKY FITZ OUT FOR SIX MONTHS; FITZGERALD SET TO MISS 6 NATIONS by The Mirror (London, England)
The new scans proved that Meteb has an interstitial tear in the lateral collateral ligament.
Meteb receives injury boost after new scan by Daily News Egypt (Egypt)
27) The most important of these structures, from anterior to posterior, are the iliotibial band (ITB), a continuation of the tensor fascia lata inserting on Gerdy's tubercle on the anterolateral tibia (Figure 16), the fibular or true lateral collateral ligament (Figure 17), and the tendon of the biceps femoris muscle that converges with the fibular collateral ligament to form the conjoined tendon prior to inserting on the fibular head (Figures 18 and 19).
Imaging the knee: ligaments by Nissman, Daniel B.; Hobbs, R. Hal; Pope, Thomas L.; Geier, C. David, Jr.; Conway, William F. / Applied Radiology
 
 
 
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