Definition of Decussation

1. Noun. An intersection or crossing of two tracts in the form of the letter X.


Definition of Decussation

1. n. Act of crossing at an acute angle, or state of being thus crossed; an intersection in the form of an X; as, the decussation of lines, nerves, etc.

Definition of Decussation

1. Noun. A crossing or intersection of lines etc. so as to form an X-shape. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Decussation

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Decussation

1. Act of crossing at an acute angle, or state of being thus crossed; an intersection in the form of an X; as, the decussation of lines, nerves, etc. Origin: L. Decussatio. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Decussation

decury
decussate
decussated
decussately
decussates
decussating
decussatio
decussatio brachii conjunctivi
decussatio fontinalis
decussatio lemniscorum
decussatio motoria
decussatio nervorum trochlearium
decussatio pedunculorum cerebellarium superiorum
decussatio pyramidum
decussatio sensoria
decussation
decussation of brachia conjunctiva
decussation of medial lemniscus
decussation of superior cerebellar peduncles
decussation of the fillet
decussation of trochlear nerves
decussationes
decussationes tegmenti
decussations
decussative
decussatively
decycling
decyl
decylic
decylmaltoside

Literary usage of Decussation

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1835)
"The situation of the decussation of the Ulterior cords of the medulla oblongata is well known, but its position in relation to the occipital foramen was ..."

2. The Anatomy of the Nervous System from the Standpoint of Development and by Stephen Walter Ranson (1920)
"The anterior columns are first cut off by the decussation of the pyramids (Fig. ... The Pyramids and Their Decussation.—We have had occasion repeatedly to ..."

3. Abstracts of the Papers Printed in the Philosophical Transactions of the by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1833)
"On Semi-decussation of the Optic Nerves. By William Hyde Wol- laston, ... To this united portion the term Decussation has been applied, ..."

4. The Physiology of Man by Austin Flint (1873)
"Transmission of motor stimulus in the cord—Decussation of the motor conductors of the cord—Decussation at the medulla oblongata—Decussation of the motor ..."

5. The London Medical Gazette (1835)
"I profess that I do not see, nor ever have seen, any thing like the decussation which he describes : I believe, therefore, that it doc« not exist: and as ..."

6. Text-book of normal histology: including an account of the development of by George Arthur Piersol (1904)
"Above the level of the decussation of the pyramids, a second or sensory decussation is seen, formed by the crossing fibres proceeding from the nerve-cells ..."

7. Manual of Practical Anatomy by Daniel John Cunningham (1901)
"For this purpose introduce the back of the knife-blade into the antero-median furrow below the decussation, and on one side push forcibly towards the ..."

8. A Manual of physiology: With Practical Exercises by George Neil Stewart (1905)
"Decussation of the Sensory Paths.—On the other hand, it is certain that pathological or traumatic lesions, apparently involving the destruction of one ..."

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