bipartite
adjective
bi·par·tite
(ˌ)bī-ˈpär-ˌtīt 
1
a
: being in two parts
b
: having a correspondent part for each of two parties
c
: shared by two
2
: divided into two parts almost to the base
a bipartite leaf
bipartitely
adverb
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Bipartite and Medicine
Usually a technical word, bipartite is common in medicine and biology. A bipartite patella, for example, is a split kneecap; many people are born with them. Many creatures have a bipartite life cycle, living life in two very distinct forms. As one example, the velella begins life as a creature that travels with thousands of others in the form of a kind of sailboat, blown across the ocean's surface with the wind; only later does each velella turn into a tiny jellyfish.
Examples of bipartite in a Sentence
separated the bipartite rock
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The procedure was on his bipartite patella, or a two-part kneecap that didn’t fuse together at birth.
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Joe Reedy, Chicago Tribune, 27 Oct. 2024
Specifically, your growing child might encounter a condition called bipartite patella.
—wendy Wisner, Parents, 30 July 2024
What the Jewish People needed, Isaac thought, was bipartite leadership.
—Rabbi Avi Weiss, sun-sentinel.com, 1 Nov. 2021
In the last week, the team has shut down sluggers Shohei Ohtani (surgery to address bipartite patella in his left knee), Justin Upton (patellar tendinitis in his right knee) and Mike Trout (Morton’s neuroma in his right foot).
—Maria Torres, Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2019
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Joe Reedy, Chicago Tribune, 27 Oct. 2024
Specifically, your growing child might encounter a condition called bipartite patella.
—wendy Wisner, Parents, 30 July 2024
What the Jewish People needed, Isaac thought, was bipartite leadership.
—Rabbi Avi Weiss, sun-sentinel.com, 1 Nov. 2021
In the last week, the team has shut down sluggers Shohei Ohtani (surgery to address bipartite patella in his left knee), Justin Upton (patellar tendinitis in his right knee) and Mike Trout (Morton’s neuroma in his right foot).
—Maria Torres, Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2019
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“Bipartite.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bipartite. Accessed 11 Jul. 2025.
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bipartite
adjective
bi·par·tite
(ˈ)bī-ˈpär-ˌtīt
1
: being in two parts
2
: shared by two
bipartite treaty
Medical Definition
bipartite
adjective
bi·par·tite
(ˈ)bī-ˈpär-ˌtīt
: divided into two parts
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