decussation
[ dee-kuh-sey-shuhn, dek-uh- ]
noun
a process of becoming or condition of being crossed in the form of an X.
Anatomy. a nerve or tract of nerve fibers that crosses from one side of the central nervous system to the other.
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How to use decussation in a sentence
Dr. Sommering has shewn, that a true decussation of the optic nerves in the human subject actually exists, Elem.
Zoonomia, Vol. II | Erasmus DarwinPhysicians are not without the use of this decussation in several operations, in ligatures and union of dissolved continuities.
The Works of Sir Thomas Browne | Thomas BrowneThis arrangement is termed the decussation of the anterior columns of the medulla.
A Treatise on Physiology and Hygiene | Joseph Chrisman HutchisonThe most anterior is the pyramid or motor tract, the decussation of which has been seen.
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