ipsilateral

1. 1.

   on or relating to the same side (of the body)

   Antonymscontralateral

Questions about ipsilateral

What does ipsilateral mean?

ipsilateral means "on or relating to the same side (of the body)".

How many syllables are in ipsilateral?

ipsilateral has 5 syllables: ip-si-la-te-ral. The stress falls on "la".

What is the opposite of ipsilateral?

The recorded antonyms are contralateral.

Is ipsilateral a common word?

ipsilateral is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.