Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Toward the left; on the left- hand in relative situation; sinistrally: opposed to dextrad; as, the arch of the aorta curves sinistrad in mammals, dextrad in birds; the descending aorta lies a little sinistrad of the vertebral column in man.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb (Anat. & Zoöl.) Toward the left side; sinistrally.
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- adverb anatomy, zoology Toward the
left side ;sinistrally .
Etymologies
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Latin sinistra the left hand + ad to.
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