combining form of L. later-, latus side, in scientific terms: cf. LATERO-. Latericumbent a. [L. cumbent-em, pr. pple. of cumbĕre to lie], lying on the side. Lateri-flexion [cf. F. latériflexion], a flexion or bending sideways; lateral curvature (Cent. Dict.). Laterifloral, -florous adjs. Bot. [L. flōr-, flōs flower], having lateral flowers. Laterifolious a. Bot. [L. folium leaf], of flowers: see quot. Laterigrade a. Zool. [L. -grad-us walking], belonging to the group Laterigradæ of spiders, which run sideways; sb. a spider of this group; so Laterigradous a. (Mayne, Expos. Lex., 1855). Laterinerved, -nervous a., (of leaves) having lateral nerves. Lateriversion, a turning or deviation to one side.
1883. Wilder & Gage, Anat. Technol. (Cent.). *Latericumbent, with a block transversely under the neck.
1888. Syd. Soc. Lex., *Laterifloral, having at the side flowers.
1855. Mayne, Expos. Lex., Lateriflorus … *lateriflorous.
1760. J. Lee, Introd. Bot., III. xxi. (1765), 218. *Laterifolious, such as come out at the side of the Base of the Leaf.
1887. Amer. Nat., XXI. 966. The Thomisidæ, or *laterigrade spiders.
1866. Treas. Bot., *Laterinerved, straight-veined, like the leaves of grasses.
1898. G. E. Herman, Dis. Women, x. 103. *Lateriversion is either normal … or results from the uterus being pulled aside by adhesions, or pushed aside by a swelling.
