Bilateral: Affecting both sides. For example, bilateral arthritis affects joints on both the left and right sides of the body.

What does bilaterally mean in medical terms?

a : of, relating to, or affecting the right and left sides of the body or the right and left members of paired organs bilateral nephrectomy.

What does bilateral symptoms mean?

When doctors describe something as 'unilateral', it means the symptoms are present in just one leg. But when a patient has 'bilateral' symptoms, it means the problems are affecting both legs.