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destralismo

[dɛʃ.tɾa.ˈliz.mu]
nounmasculinepl: destralismos
right-handedness; the condition or practice of being right-handed
1. The natural tendency or practice of using the right hand as the dominant hand for writing, eating, and other manual tasks
Destralismo is the most common form of handedness in human populations.
O destralismo é a forma mais comum de lateralidade nas populações humanas.
2. In a broader context, preference or dominance of right-sided bodily functions
The study examined destralismo and its correlation with brain hemisphere dominance.
O estudo examinou o destralismo e sua correlação com a dominância dos hemisférios cerebrais.
Synonyms
dextralismodestralidade
Antonyms
sinistralismoesquerdismo

Regional Variations

General Brazilian
destralismo
Standard term used in medical and scientific contexts
Portugal
dextralismo
More commonly used variant in European Portuguese
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