Medical term:
reciprocal
reciprocal
(rĭ-sĭp′rə-kəl)adj.
1. Physiology Of or relating to a neuromuscular phenomenon in which the excitation of one group of muscles is accompanied by the inhibition of another.
2. Genetics Of or designating a pair of crosses in which the male or female parent in one cross is of the same genotype or phenotype as the complementary female or male parent in the other cross.
re·cip′ro·cal′i·ty (-kăl′ĭ-tē), re·cip′ro·cal·ness (-kəl-nĭs) n.
re·cip′ro·cal·ly adv.
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reciprocal
(rĭ-sĭp′rō-kăl) [L. reciprocus, alternate]Interchangeable.
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