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Pronunciation / Transliteration: latéraliser
"Les fonctions cérébrales ont tendance à se latéraliser avec l'âge."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
To localize or restrict a function, such as brain activity or language processing, to one side of the body or brain.
"During early childhood, language functions begin to lateralize primarily to the left hemisphere of the brain." - 2
To move or spread toward the side, or to place to one side.
"The injury caused the symptoms to lateralize toward the right side of the patient's spine."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the Latin 'lateralis' (pertaining to the side), formed with the English suffix '-ize' during the mid-19th century. Initially used in anatomical and biological contexts to describe the localization of a function or structure to one side of the body, later expanding into neurological contexts regarding brain hemisphere specialization.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Lateralize" is said worldwide
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latéraliser
Transliteration: latéraliser
"Les fonctions cérébrales ont tendance à se latéraliser avec l'âge."
lateralisieren
Transliteration: lateralisieren
"Bestimmte kognitive Funktionen lateralisieren sich im Laufe der Entwicklung."
lateralizzare
Transliteration: lateralizzare
"Il linguaggio tende a lateralizzare nell'emisfero sinistro."
lateralizar
Transliteration: lateralizar
"Las funciones del lenguaje tienden a lateralizarse en el hemisferio izquierdo."
lateralizar
Transliteration: lateralizar
"As funções cognitivas podem se lateralizar para um dos hemisférios."
पार्श्वीकरण करना
Transliteration: parshveekaran karna
Script: हिंदी देवनागरी
"मस्तिष्क में भाषा के कार्य एक तरफ पार्श्वीकरण करने लगते हैं।"
偏侧化
Transliteration: piān cè huà
Script: 中文汉字
"人类的大脑功能在成长过程中会逐渐偏侧化。"
편측화하다
Transliteration: pyeoncheok-hwahada
Script: 한국어 한글
"언어 기능은 보통 좌뇌로 편측화되는 경향이 있습니다."
大脳半球特異化する
Transliteration: dainou hankyuu tokuika suru
Script: 日本語
"言語機能は成長とともに左半球に lateralize する。"
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