Chi"asm (?), Chi*as"ma (?), n. [NL. chiasma, fr. Gr. two lines placed crosswise, fr. to mark with a χ.] Anat.

A commissure; especially, the optic commissure, or crucial union of the optic nerves.

-- Chi*as"mal (), a..

 

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