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Dictionary entry overview: What does decussation mean?

• DECUSSATION (noun)
The noun DECUSSATION has 1 sense:

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

Familiarity information: DECUSSATION used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• DECUSSATION (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

An intersection or crossing of two tracts in the form of the letter X

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

chiasm; chiasma; decussation

Hypernyms ("decussation" is a kind of...):

anatomical structure; bodily structure; body structure; complex body part; structure (a particular complex anatomical part)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "decussation"):

chiasma opticum; optic chiasm; optic chiasma (the crossing of the optic nerves from the two eyes at the base of the brain)

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