Medical Dictionary
bipolar
adj bi·po·lar \(ˈ)bī-ˈpō-lər\
Medical Definition of BIPOLAR
1
: having or involving the use of two poles <bipolar encephalograph leads>
2
of a neuron : having an efferent and an afferent process
3
: being, characteristic of, or affected with a bipolar disorder <bipolar depression> <bipolar affectively ill patients>—compare unipolar 2
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