contralateral eye

the eye located on the opposite side of the body to another structure or object. For example, layer 6 of the left lateral geniculate nucleus receives input from the retinal ganglion cell axons that originate in the right (i.e., contralateral) eye. Compare ipsilateral eye.

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see Zener cards. [Joseph B. Rhine]