bigeminal

bigeminal
bi·gem·i·nal (bī-jĕmʹə-nəl) adj.
Occurring in pairs; doubled or twinned:

a bigeminal pulse.

  [Possibly from Late Latin bigeminus, doubled : Latin bi-, two; see bi-1 + Latin geminus, double.]

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