Medical Dictionary

reciprocal

adj re·cip·ro·cal \ri-ˈsip-rə-kəl\

Medical Definition of RECIPROCAL

1
:  inversely related
2
:  of, constituting, or resulting from paired crosses in which the kind that supplies the male parent of the first cross supplies the female parent of the second cross and vice versa
3
:  shared, felt, or shown by both sides
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