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Decussation

noun
1.
An intersection or crossing of two tracts in the form of the letter X.  Synonyms: chiasm, chiasma.






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"Decussation" Quotes from Famous Books



... Crossing. — N. crossing &c. v.; intersection, interdigitation; decussation[obs3], transversion[obs3]; convolution &c. 248; level crossing. reticulation, network; inosculation[obs3], anastomosis, intertexture[obs3], mortise. net, plexus, web, mesh, twill, skein, sleeve, felt, lace; wicker; mat, matting; plait, trellis, wattle, ...
— Roget's Thesaurus

... of Aberdeen, claims that the corpus callosum is not a commissure, but the decussation of cortical fibers on their way down to enter the internal and external ...
— Scientific American Supplement, No. 520, December 19, 1885 • Various



Words linked to "Decussation" :   bodily structure, optic chiasm, structure, anatomical structure, chiasm, decussate, complex body part, chiasma opticum, body structure, optic chiasma



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