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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026

mat•ri•lat•er•al adj.

Anthropologyrelated through the mother, as to a maternal uncle. Cf. patrilateral.

matri- + lateral 1950–55

mat′ri•lat′er•al•ly, adv.

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