Decussating

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  • v. Present participle of decussate.
  • Word Usage
    "The prevalent idea that a lesion of one hemisphere produces a paralysis upon the opposite side of the body alone is no longer tenable, for each hemisphere is connected with both sides of the body by motor tracts, the larger of the motor tracts decussating and the smaller not decussating in the medulla."
    Equivalent
    crossed    decussated   
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    cross   
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    intersect    crossed    intersected    cross