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ambilateral, a.|æmbɪˈlætərəl|
[f. ambi- + lateral a.]
1. Two-sided, bilateral; spec. in Med., affecting equally both sides of the body or a part; also, ambidextrous.
a1832J. Bentham Deontol. (1834) I. i. xvi. 233 Resentment may be used in an ambi-lateral sense; a man may resent a kindness as well as an unkindness. 1960H. T. Lambrick John Jacob of Jacobabad App. B. 408 So far from ‘not allowing’ such ambilateral occupation, Jacob permitted part of the formerly predatory section of the Dombkis..to return as they wished to their former homes. 1975Cor et Vasa XVII. 183 In renovascular hypertension caused by panarteritis of the aorta, very often..an ambilateral affection of the main renal arteries occurs. 1979Ann. Internal Med. XC. 709/2 Ambilateral harmfulness, the term I have coined for the capacity of certain microorganisms to associate antagonistically with both plants and animals. 1990Internat. Jrnl. Neurosci. L. 196 According to the level of significance..of the difference between the frequencies of the right- and left-paw use, the animals were designated as right-preferent, left-preferent, and ambilateral.
2. Anthropol. Pertaining to or designating a kinship system in which an individual may claim membership of either the father's or the mother's lineage group, or both.
1929R. Firth Primitive Econ. N.Z. Maori iii. 98 The admission to membership through descent from either males or females—or both conjoined—shows that the hapu is not a unilateral group of the strict type. It may be called, in fact, an ambilateral group, since both parents are eligible for the purposes of kinship affiliation. 1956Man CLXX. 148/1 The formal definition of ‘ambilateral’..admits the possibility of rights in both parental groups, while ‘utrolateral’ explicitly excludes the possibility. 1968M. Harris Rise Anthropol. Theory (1969) xi. 301 The concept of ambilateral descent, which has subsequently turned out to be the key to the understanding of Kwakiutl social organization. 1989Encycl. Brit. IV. 30/1 Ambilateral (or ambilineal) descent systems are those in which membership in a kinship group may be claimed through either parent.
Hence ambilateˈrality n.; ambiˈlaterally adv.
1934Webster s.v. Ambilateral, Ambilaterality. Ibid., Ambilaterally. 1936R. Firth We, the Tikopia xvi. 596 The ambilaterality of the Maori. 1950E. R. Leach Social Sci. Res. Sarawek App. B. 68 A non-exogamous unilaterally or ambilaterally descended clan. 1957Man LVII. 6/2 A corporate descent group of a non-unilinear (ambilineal) character, membership being obtained ambilaterally..according to circumstances. 1964M. Critchley Developmental Dyslexia viii. 53 Both cerebral ambilaterality and dyslexia are to be equated with immaturity of cerebral development. 1991Internat. Jrnl. Neurosci. LVI. 187 Testosterone administered intramuscularly may..induce ambilaterality in right-preferent female cats. |