Examples of chiasm in a Sentence
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Not by accident, that spot is directly above and linked to the optic chiasm, the X where nerve cells from the left and right eyes cross.
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Dan Hurley, Discover Magazine, 4 Nov. 2016
In the case of vision, the optic nerves leading from each eye meet inside the brain at what is called the optic chiasm.
—Michael S Gazzaniga, Discover Magazine, 29 Feb. 2012
Here, each nerve splits in half; the medial half (the inside track) of each crosses the optic chiasm into the opposite side of the brain, and the lateral half (that on the outside) stays on the same side.
—Michael S Gazzaniga, Discover Magazine, 29 Feb. 2012
Most people have an optic chiasm, a crossroads where half of the signals from each eye cross over the midline, in such a way that each half of the brain gets information from one side of space.
—Neuroskeptic, Discover Magazine, 14 Apr. 2013
Dan Hurley, Discover Magazine, 4 Nov. 2016
In the case of vision, the optic nerves leading from each eye meet inside the brain at what is called the optic chiasm.
—Michael S Gazzaniga, Discover Magazine, 29 Feb. 2012
Here, each nerve splits in half; the medial half (the inside track) of each crosses the optic chiasm into the opposite side of the brain, and the lateral half (that on the outside) stays on the same side.
—Michael S Gazzaniga, Discover Magazine, 29 Feb. 2012
Most people have an optic chiasm, a crossroads where half of the signals from each eye cross over the midline, in such a way that each half of the brain gets information from one side of space.
—Neuroskeptic, Discover Magazine, 14 Apr. 2013
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Word History
Etymology
New Latin chiasma
First Known Use
1870, in the meaning defined above
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chiasm
noun
chi·asm
ˈkī-ˌaz-əm 
ˈkē-
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