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chiasm
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun chiasm has 1 sense
- chiasm(n = noun.body) chiasma, decussation - an intersection or crossing of two tracts in the form of the letter X; Array is a kind of anatomical structure, bodily structure, body structure, complex body part, structure
has particulars: chiasma opticum, optic chiasm, optic chiasma
Derived forms adjective chiasmal1, adjective chiasmatic1, adjective chiasmic1
CIDE DICTIONARY
chiasm, n. [NL. chiasma, fr. Gr. chi`asma two lines placed crosswise, fr. to mark with a
A commissure; an intersection or crossing of two tracts; especially, the optic commissure, or crucial union of the optic nerves. [1913 Webster]
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