chiasma
英 [kaɪ'æzmə; kɪ-]
美
- n. 交叉；视神经交叉
英英释义
- 1. an intersection or crossing of two tracts in the form of the letter X
词态变化
复数: chiasmata; chiasmas;
英文词源
- chiasma (n.)
- "a crossing," 1832, medical Latin, from Greek khiasma "two things placed crosswise," which is related to khiasmos (see chiasmus). In cytology from 1911.