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bicameralism
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bi·cam·er·al  (b-kmr-l)
adj.
1. Composed of or based on two legislative chambers or branches: a bicameral legislature.
2. Medicine Composed of or having two chambers, as an abscess divided by a septum.
[bi- + Latin camera, chamber; see chamber + -al.]
bi·camer·al·ism n.
bicameralism
1. a legislative body having two branches, houses, or chambers.
2. advocacy of bicameral structure. Cf. unicameralism. — bicameralist, n. — bicameral, adj.
See also: Government
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