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handedness /hand·ed·ness/ (hand´ed-nes) the preferential use of the hand of one side in voluntary motor acts.
hand·ed·ness (hndd-ns)
n.
1. A preference for using one hand as opposed to the other.
2. The chirality of a molecule.
handedness
[han′didnes]
Etymology: AS, hand + ness, condition
a preference for use of either the left or right hand. The preference is related to cerebral dominance: left-handedness corresponds to dominance of the right side of the brain, and vice versa. Also called chirality, laterality.
Handedness
Chemistry The left- or right-sidedness, or asymmetry of virtually everything in the universe from the ‘lowly’ molecule to highly complex organisms
Neurology A state of dominance of use of a preferred side, as in left-handed or right-handed
handedness [hand´ed-nes]
the preferential use of the hand of one side in all voluntary motor acts; see also dextrality and sinistrality.
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