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DECUSSATION
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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
Sense 1
Meaning:
An intersection or crossing of two tracts in the form of the letter X
Classified under:
Nouns denoting body parts
Synonyms:
Hypernyms ("decussation" is a kind of...):
anatomical structure; bodily structure; body structure; complex body part; structure (a particular complex anatomical part of a living thing and its construction and arrangement)
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)
Derivation:
decussate (cross or intersect so as to form a cross)
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