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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.


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