optic chiasm

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A flattened quadrangular body that is the point of crossing of the fibers of the optic nerves.optic decussation

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Memes that ridiculed political leaders and the Hong Kong Police Force shot through fiber optic cables at light speed.
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Silva concludes that America is afflicted by the socio-optic condition of “colorblind racism.”
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SAMI consists of 13 bundles of fiber-optic cables, each containing 60 or more fibers in what the researchers call “hexabundles.”
SAMI Is Like Google Earth for the Universe|Matthew R. Francis|July 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
But the cable corridors build into the panels could also house fiber-optic cable that transmit data.
Pave the Roads With Solar Panels?|The Daily Beast|June 3, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Suddenly sets were being sold with micro-motor and fiber-optic kits included.
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Also the tender points of the fibres of the optic nerve would soon become blunted and the eye of course useless.
Gospel Philosophy|J. H. Ward
There are no colors; there is no light,—there is nothing but the ether waves, which cause a vibration of the optic nerve.
Urania|Camille Flammarion
It is not the retina which is affected by a positive reality, it is the optic thalami of the brain which are excited.
Urania|Camille Flammarion
From that time down to the present day, the pen of "Oliver Optic" has been busily employed in behalf of the American youth.
The Bay State Monthly, Vol. II, No. 6, March, 1885|Various
A diminution or total loss of sight, arising from paralysis of the retina or optic nerve.
Cooley's Cyclopdia of Practical Receipts and Collateral Information in the Arts, Manufactures, Professions, and Trades..., Sixth Edition, Volume I|Arnold Cooley