Meaning & use
ipsilateral
Located on or affecting the same side of the body.
See it in a sentence
The surgeon noted swelling in the ipsilateral knee following the injury.
Damage to the left brain hemisphere can sometimes cause ipsilateral weakness in rare cases.
A note on using this word
Ipsilateral is a medical term always paired conceptually with its opposite, contralateral, meaning the opposite side of the body.
Words with a similar meaning
same-side
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Words with an opposite meaning
contralateral
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