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Definition of Bilateral

1. Adjective. Having identical parts on each side of an axis.

2. Adjective. Affecting or undertaken by two parties. "A bilateral agreement between the United States and Japan"

3. Adjective. Having two sides or parts.

Definition of Bilateral

1. a. Having two sides; arranged upon two sides; affecting two sides or two parties.

Definition of Bilateral

1. Adjective. having two sides ¹

2. Adjective. involving both sides equally ¹

3. Adjective. binding on both parties to an agreement ¹

4. Adjective. having bilateral symmetry ¹

5. Adjective. (anthropology) involving descent or ascent regardless of sex and side of the family ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Bilateral

1. [adj]

Medical Definition of Bilateral

1. Having two sides or pertaining to both sides. Origin: L. Latus = side This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bilateral

bilabe bilaciniate bilamellar bilamellated bilaminar blastoderm biland bilander bilanders bilands bilane

bilanes bilat bilateral contract bilateral descents bilateral gill trama bilateral hermaphroditism bilateral hydronephrosis bilateral large kidneys bilateral left-sidedness bilateral mastectomy

bilateral medial orbital ecchymoses bilateral pleurisy bilateral symmetry bilateral synchrony

Literary usage of Bilateral

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Journal of Morphology by Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology (1897)
"(b) The bilateral Type. In purely bilateral cleavage, such as is found among the ascidians and cephalopods, the very first division is bilaterally ..."

2. France by OECD Staff, OECD., Developm (1997)
"bilateral AID bilateral ODA accounts for over three-quarters of French aid ... In real terms, the volume of bilateral assistance grew at an average rate of ..."

3. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1911)
"Concerning bilateral Empyema.—FABRIKANT (Dcut. Zschr. f. Ckir., 1911, cviii, 584) says that as a result of his experience with one case of bilateral empyema ..."

4. Monographic Medicine by William Robie Patten Emerson, Guido Guerrini, William Brown, Wendell Christopher Phillips, John Whitridge Williams, John Appleton Swett, Hans Günther, Mario Mariotti, Hugh Grant Rowell (1916)
"bilateral Lesions of the Pons and Medulla bilateral lesion of the medial longitudinal bundle, or its neighborhood, can cause bilateral paralysis of the ..."

5. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"In others (all bilateral animals) the chief axis of the adult lies almost ... bilateral and that their rada structure has developed from a bilateral form, ..."

6. The Foundations of Legal Liability: A Presentation of the Theory and by Thomas Atkins Street (1906)
"THE point has now been reached in the prosecution of these studies where it becomes necessary for us again to take up the subject of the bilateral contract. ..."

7. OECD Environmental Performance Reviews by OECD., OECD Staff, Oecd (2003)
"Twenty-four bilateral co-operation projects were implemented over five years, ... A bilateral working group on natural resources has been established. ..."

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