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Decussation

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. A crossing in the shape of an X.

n. Anatomy An X-shaped crossing, especially of nerves or bands of nerve fibers, connecting corresponding parts on opposite sides of the brain or spinal cord.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. A crossing or intersection of lines etc. so as to form an X-shape.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. Act of crossing at an acute angle, or state of being thus crossed; an intersection in the form of an X

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. The act of crossing or intersecting; an intersection; the crossing of two lines, rays, fibers of nerves, etc.

n. The state of being decussated, or that which decussates; a chiasm.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. an intersection or crossing of two tracts in the form of the letter X

Word Usage

"Prof. Hamilton, 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 capsules of the opposite side."

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

structure anatomical structure complex body part body structure bodily structure

Cross Reference

fontanal decussation fillet decussation

Hyponym

chiasma opticum optic chiasm optic chiasma

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