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1 chiasm -- rank: 1000

chiasm definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: an intersection ... tracts in the form of the letter X [syn: chiasma, chiasm, decussation] Merriam Webster's noun Etymology: New Latin chiasma Date: 1870 chiasma 1 Webster's 1913 Dictionary Chiasm Chi"asm, Chiasma Chi*as"ma, n. [NL. chiasma, fr ...

2 optic chiasm -- rank: 983

optic chiasm definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: the crossing ... at the base of the brain [syn: optic chiasma, optic chiasm, chiasma opticum] Merriam Webster's noun see optic chiasma

3 chiasmal -- rank: 364

... 3.0 (2005) adj 1: of or relating to a chiasm [syn: chiasmal, chiasmic, chiasmatic] Webster's 1913 Dictionary Chiasm Chi"asm, Chiasma Chi*as"ma, n. [NL. chiasma, fr ...

4 optic chiasma -- rank: 364

... at the base of the brain [syn: optic chiasma, optic chiasm, chiasma opticum] Merriam Webster's noun Date: 1872 the X ... optic nerves are continuous with the brain — called also optic chiasm

5 chiasma -- rank: 364

... tracts in the form of the letter X [syn: chiasma, chiasm, decussation] Merriam Webster's noun (plural chiasmata) Etymology: New Latin ... Gk chiasma a cross-shaped mark Webster's 1913 Dictionary Chiasm Chi"asm, Chiasma Chi*as"ma, n. [NL. chiasma, fr ...

6 gray matter -- rank: 230

... nervous system, neuron, noddle, noggin, noodle, nous, occipital lobe, optic chiasm, organ of thought, pallium, parietal lobe, pate, peripheral nervous system ...

7 split-brain technique -- rank: 230

... animals in which the corpus callosum (and sometimes the optic chiasm) is severed so that communication between the cerebral hemispheres is ...

8 chiasmus -- rank: 230

... mus, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? a placing crosswise, fr. ?. See Chiasm.] (Rhet.) An inversion of the order of words or phrases ...

9 chiasmic -- rank: 230

... 3.0 (2005) adj 1: of or relating to a chiasm [syn: chiasmal, chiasmic, chiasmatic]

10 chiasmatic -- rank: 230

... 3.0 (2005) adj 1: of or relating to a chiasm [syn: chiasmal, chiasmic, chiasmatic] Merriam Webster's adjective see chiasma

11 chiasma opticum -- rank: 230

... at the base of the brain [syn: optic chiasma, optic chiasm, chiasma opticum]

12 Lobe -- rank: 230

... metencephalon, midbrain, middle ear, myelencephalon, neopallium, occipital lobe, offshoot, optic chiasm, organ, organ of Corti, outer ear, oval window, pallium, parietal ...

13 Mantle -- rank: 230

... neopallium, obduce, obscure, occipital lobe, occult, old school tie, optic chiasm, overlay, overspread, pale, pall, pallium, parietal lobe, pelisse, pia mater ...

14 Macle -- rank: 230

... n. [Gr. chiasto`s marked with a [chi] + -lite. See Chiasm. So called from the resemblance of the cross cuts of ...

15 Fissure -- rank: 230

... notch, nullah, occipital lobe, ope, open, open up, opening, optic chiasm, pallium, pare, parietal lobe, part, pass, passage, pause, pia mater ...