"optic chiasm" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: optic chiasms [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} optic chiasm (plural optic chiasms)
  1. (neuroanatomy, anatomy) The part of the brain where the optic nerves partially cross. Categories (topical): Anatomy, Brain, Neuroanatomy Synonyms: optic chiasma Translations (part of the brain): 視交叉 (Chinese Mandarin), 视交叉 (shìjiāochā) (Chinese Mandarin), opta kruciĝo (Esperanto), opta kiasmo (Esperanto), näköhermoristi (Finnish), chiasma optique [masculine] (French), Sehnervenkreuzung [feminine] (German), Sehnervkreuzung [feminine] (German), Chiasma opticum (note: from Latin) [neuter] (German), οπτικό χίασμα (optikó chíasma) [neuter] (Greek), látóideg-kereszteződés (Hungarian), chiasmo ottico [masculine] (Italian), 視交叉 (shikōsa) (alt: しこうさ) (Japanese), synsnervekrysning [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), chiasma opticum (note: from Latin) [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), synsnervekrysning [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), chiasma opticum (note: from Latin) [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), quiasma óptico [masculine] (Portuguese), quiasma óptico [masculine] (Spanish), synnervskorsning [common-gender] (Swedish)

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