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BILATERAL
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Having two sides or parts
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Similar:
many-sided; multilateral (having many parts or sides)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Affecting or undertaken by two parties
Example:
a bilateral agreement between the United States and Japan
Classified under:
Similar:
mutual; reciprocal (concerning each of two or more persons or things; especially given or done in return)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Having identical parts on each side of an axis
Synonyms:
bilateral; bilaterally symmetric; bilaterally symmetrical; isobilateral
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
symmetric; symmetrical (having similarity in size, shape, and relative position of corresponding parts)
Derivation:
bilaterality (the property of being symmetrical about a vertical plane)
Context examples:
A benign, usually bilateral neoplasm of the ovary characterized by the presence of cystic structures that contain watery fluid and are lined by serous epithelial cells.
(Ovarian Serous Cystadenoma, NCI Thesaurus)
Approximately thirty to fifty percent of the tumors are bilateral.
(Ovarian Serous Tumor, NCI Thesaurus)
There is usually bilateral ovarian involvement.
(Ovarian Stromal Hyperplasia, NCI Thesaurus)
In most cases there is bilateral ovarian involvement.
(Ovarian Malignant Mesothelioma, NCI Thesaurus)
In a minority of cases it is bilateral.
(Ovarian Dermoid Cyst, NCI Thesaurus)
A class of unsegmented helminths with fundamental bilateral symmetry and secondary triradiate symmetry of the oral and esophageal structures.
(Nematoda, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)
In a bilateral nephrectomy, both kidneys are removed.
(Nephrectomy, NCI Dictionary)
It is characterized by bilateral scarring and opacification of the conjunctivae.
(Ocular Cicatricial Pemphigoid, NCI Thesaurus)
Mutation of the gene is associated with bilateral frontoparietal polymicrogyria.
(GPR56 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)
The tumor usually is bilateral and polycentric, and metastasizes to unusual sites.
(Hereditary Clear Cell Renal Cell Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)
