taken as combining form of L. later-, latus side: cf. LATERI-. Prefixed to Eng. words, forming compounds, usually hyphened (a) in sense ‘pertaining to the side (and another part),’ ‘pertaining to the side of (a specified structure),’ e.g., latero-anterior, -caudal, -cervical, -dorsal, -marginal, -nuchal, -posterior, -ventral adjs.; (b) ‘on or towards the side,’ e.g., latero-flexion, -prone adj., -pulsion, -version.
1848. Johnston, in Proc. Berw. Nat. Club, II. No. 6. 296. There are four eyes in two *latero-anterior groups.
1852. Dana, Crust., I. 625. Latero-anterior spines large.
1888. Comstock, Introd. Entomol., I. ix. 219. *Latero-caudal angles of the head unarmed.
1888. Syd. Soc. Lex., *Latero-cervical, relating to a side and a neck, or to the side of the neck. *Latero-dorsal, situated on the side of the back.
1857. Bullock, Cazeaux’ Midwif., 54. This inflexion may take place anteriorly, posteriorly, or laterally, and has been styled accordingly anteflexion, retroflexion, and lateroflexion.
1869. T. H. Tanner, Pract. Med. (ed. 6), II. 349. Where the uterus is bent and its fundus fixed to the right or left side, the cervix remaining in the median line (lateroflexion) this deviation from the natural position will [etc.].
1881–2. W. S. Kent, Man. Infusoria, II. 792. A few postero-marginal or caudal, but never a continuous series of *latero-marginal setæ.
1872. Coues, Key N. Amer. Birds (1884), 734. *Latero-nuchal feathers elongated.
1852. Dana, Crust., I. 217. The *latero-posterior margin is somewhat less oblique.
1856. Woodward, Mollusca, 446. The latero-posterior margins of the body.
1897. Allbutt’s Syst. Med., 340. The patient being placed on the back, or else in the *latero-prone position.
1888. Syd. Soc. Lex., *Lateropulsion, an involuntary impulse towards one or other side.
1881–2. W. S. Kent, Man. Infusoria, II. 790. The composition of each of the *latero-ventral rows.
1869. T. H. Tanner, Pract. Med. (ed. 6), II. 351. Supposing the fundus to be inclined to one side of the body while the os uteri looks towards the opposite side (*lateroversion), there will [etc.].
