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contralateral

[¦kän·trə′lad·ə·rəl]
(physiology)
Opposite; acting in unison with a similar part on the opposite side of the body.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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(4) first described that insufficient response of the eye lid to corneal irritation in the paralytic side activates compensatory and adaptive mechanisms and afferent inputs originating from the cornea of the paralytic side, which has compensatory and adaptive changes that activate the contralateral facial nerve.
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This was further reflected in an earlier transition of CTRL group from a lean towards the stance limb, moving towards the contralateral limb during midstance, which happened at a mean (SD) of 59 (17)% of the stance phase compared to a significantly delayed transition at 71 (21)% of stance for OA participants (F = 10.186; p = 0.004, Figure 3).
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In this same study by Hill et al., 7 out of the 9 patients were found to have angioedema on the contralateral side of the ischemic stroke [6] as was seen in our patient.
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The presented case reported a patient with traumatic pneumothorax, contralateral to the site of a stab wound.
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At one-year follow-up, he was able to play handball with complete knee extension strength (compared with the contralateral side) and was able to return to a semiprofessional level.
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