chiasm

n. 交叉

发音

/ˈkaɪ.æzəm/

词形变化

chiasms 复数 chiasms

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Alternative form of chiasma.

  2. 2.

    Alternative form of chiasmus.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 2

chiasma decussation

上位词 1

structure

下位词 2

optic chiasm optic chiasma

相关短语

optic chiasm [医]视交叉, 视神经交叉

词源

Latin; in sense 1, from chiasma, from Ancient Greek χίασμα (khiasma); in sense 2, from chiasmus, from Ancient Greek χιασμός (khiasmos "crossing, diagonal arrangement"), from χιάζειν (khiázein, “to mark with a chi”), from χ (kh, “chi”)

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