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Bilateral adj.

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

(Biol.) Of or pertaining to the two sides of a central area or organ, or of a central axis; as, bilateral symmetry in animals, where there is a similarity of parts on the right and left sides of the body.

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Etymology of 'Bilateral'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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... (repetition) 104; renewal. V. double, redouble, duplicate, reduplicate; geminate; repeat &c 104; renew &c 660. Adj. double; doubled &c v.; bicipital^, bicephalous^, bidental^, bilabiate, bivalve, bivalvular^, bifold^, biform^, bilateral; bifarious^, bifacial^; twofold, two-sided; disomatous^; duplex; double-faced, double-headed; twin, duplicate, ingeminate^; second. Adv. twice, once more; over again &c (repeatedly) 104; as much again, twofold. secondly, in the second ...

— Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases: Body • Roget

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