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chiasma |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Chiasm \Chi"asm\, Chiasma \Chi*as"ma\, n. [NL. chiasma, fr Gr ? two lines placed crosswise, fr ? to mark with a [chi].] (Anat.) A commissure; especially, the optic commissure, or crucial union of the optic nerves. -- {Chi*as"mal}, a.. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: chiasma n : an intersection or crossing of two tracts [syn: {chiasm}]
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