dextrad, adv. and a.
(ˈdɛkstræd)
[f. L. dextra right hand + -ad suffix proposed by Barclay in sense toward.]
To or toward the right side of the body; dextrally.
1803 J. Barclay New Anatomical Nomencl. 165–6 The new terms by a change of termination, may be used adverbially..Dextrad will signify towards the dextral aspect. 1882 Wilder & Gage Anatom. Technol. 27 Barclay proposed that the various adjective forms should be converted into adverbs by substituting for the ending -al the letters -ad, the Latin equivalent of the English -ward. Thus dorsal, ventral, dextral, sinistral, and lateral become dorsad, ventrad, dextrad, sinistrad, and laterad. 1883 Syd. Soc. Lex., Dextrad aspect. |