adj 1  :  having or involving the use of two poles < encephalograph leads>   2  of a neuron  :  having an efferent and an afferent process  3  :  being, characteristic of, or affected with a bipolar disorder < depression>  < affectively ill patients>  - compare UNIPOLAR2   .
 
 
 
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