Definition of Decussates

1. Verb. (third-person singular of decussate) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Decussates

1. decussate [v] - See also: decussate

Lexicographical Neighbors of Decussates

decursively
decurt
decurtate
decurtation
decurted
decurting
decurts
decurve
decurved
decurves
decurving
decury
decussate
decussated
decussately
decussates (current term)
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

Literary usage of Decussates

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

1. The Nervous System of Vertebrates by John Black Johnston (1906)
"101) is distributed to all parts of the olfactory lobe and a part of it decussates in the cephalic part of the lamina terminalis to end in the ..."

2. An Elementary Treatise on Human Anatomy by Joseph Leidy (1889)
"At the oral angle it decussates with the buccinator behind the other converging muscles, which consist of the elevator and depressor of the oral angle and ..."

3. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease by American Neurological Association, Philadelphia Neurological Society, Chicago Neurological Society, New York Neurological Association, Boston Society of Psychiatry and Neurology (1886)
"C. The pyramid decussates on the surface of the brain, and passes into the lateral field of the oblongata—frugivorous bats. 7. Among animals presenting type ..."

4. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease by Philadelphia Neurological Society, American Neurological Association, Chicago Neurological Society, New York Neurological Association (1886)
"C. The pyramid decussates on the surface of the brain, and passes into the lateral field of the oblongata—frugivorous bats. 7. Among animals presenting type ..."

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