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Definition of Decussated

1. decussate [v] - See also: decussate

Medical Definition of Decussated

1. 1. Crossed; intersected. 2. Growing in pairs, each of which is at right angles to the next pair above or below; as, decussated leaves or branches. 3. Consisting of two rising and two falling clauses, placed in alternate opposition to each other; as, a decussated period. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Decussated

Literary usage of Decussated

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

1. Outlines of Oryctology: An Introduction to the Study of Fossil Organic by James Parkinson (1830)
"... last turn decussated and with three transverse prominent distant striae—lj inch. ... decussated, the transverse striae alternately large and small. ..."

2. Medical Record by George Frederick Shrady, Thomas Lathrop Stedman, Joseph Meredith Toner Collection (Library of Congress) (1884)
"It, with the raphe root, embodies probably the decussated connection of the ... Wernicke also traces a decussated origin from the substantia ferruginea ..."

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