gemin-

(Latin: twin; double)

bigeminal

Existing or arranged in two pairs; specifically in medicine, applied to the corpora quadrigemina of the brain, lying beneath the cerebral hemispheres.

Gemini

A constellation, otherwise 'Castor and Pollux'; also the third sign of the zodiac, with which this constellation was anciently identical.

geminiflorous

Having flowers in pairs.

geminous

Double; occurring in pairs.

trigeminal, trigeminus

Triple; pertaining to the fifth cranial nerve (nervus trigeminus); called the fifth pair of cranial nerves because of their division into three branches; also called 'trifacial'.

trigeminy

The condition of occurring in threes, especially the occurrence of three pulse beats in rapid succession.

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(Latin: twin; double)

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