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decussation

[dee-kuh-sey-shuh n, dek-uh-]
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noun
  1. a process of becoming or condition of being crossed in the form of an X.
  2. 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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Origin of decussation

First recorded in 1650–60; decussate + -ion
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Related Words for decussation

overpass, crossroad, junction, bridge, passage, intersection, interchange, traverse, network, exchange, screen, traversal, grating, loop, underpass, cloverleaf, crossway, decussation, crosswalk, gridiron

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Historical Examples of decussation

  • This arrangement is termed the decussation of the anterior columns of the medulla.

    A Treatise on Physiology and Hygiene

    Joseph Chrisman Hutchison

  • The most anterior is the pyramid or motor tract, the decussation of which has been seen.

  • Physicians are not without the use of this decussation in several operations, in ligatures and union of dissolved continuities.

decussation in Medicine

decussation

(dĕk′ə-sā′shən, dē′kə-)
n.
  1. A crossing in the shape of an X.
  2. An X-shaped crossing, especially of homonymous nerves or bands of nerve fibers, connecting corresponding parts on opposite sides of the brain or spinal cord.
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