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UNILATERAL
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Involving only one part or side
Example:
a unilateral decision
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Similar:
one-party (determined by a single party)
Antonym:
multilateral (having many parts or sides)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Tracing descent from either the paternal or the maternal line only
Classified under:
Similar:
direct; lineal (in a straight unbroken line of descent from parent to child)
Context examples:
It usually affects adult Caucasians, is most often unilateral, and may progress to conjunctival melanoma.
(Conjunctival Primary Acquired Melanosis, NCI Thesaurus)
A rare, unilateral, benign embryonic neoplasm typically presenting as a cilliary body mass during childhood.
(Benign Intraocular Medulloepithelioma, NCI Thesaurus)
Optic nerve neoplasms tend to cause unilateral visual loss and an afferent pupillary defect and may spread via neural pathways to the brain.
(Optic Nerve Neoplasm, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)
A rare neoplastic syndrome characterized by the presence of unilateral lipomas of the cranium, face and neck, and ipsilateral cerebral malformations.
(Encephalocraniocutaneous Lipomatosis, NCI Thesaurus)
It can result in unilateral or bilateral cryptorchidism, testicular regression syndrome and sterility.
(Mullerian Inhibiting Substance Deficiency, NCI Thesaurus)
The tumor extends across the midline and the regional lymph nodes may or may not be involved by tumor; or the tumor is unilateral and the contralateral lymph nodes are involved by tumor; or the tumor is in midline and there is bilateral lymph node involvement by tumor.
(INSS Stage 3, NCI Thesaurus)
