optic chiasma

optic chiasma

noun
a site at the base of the forebrain where the inner half of the fibers of the left and right optic nerves cross to the opposite side of the brain.
Also, optic chiasm.


Origin:
1870–75
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optic chiasma

noun
the crossing of the optic nerves from the two eyes at the base of the brain 
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