chiasmaticadj.
/kʌɪazˈmatɪk/ 1. Anatomy. Of or pertaining to the optic chiasma.
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commissural1815
callosal1852
callosomarginal1861
precommissural1864
supra-optic1900
chiasmatic1912
suprachiasmatic1938
1912 T. L. Stedman Pract. Med. Dict. (ed. 2) 169/2 Chiasmatic..,relating to the optic chiasm.
1930 Arch. Ophthalmol. 3 507 These tumors, as previously pointed out, have their point of dural attachment over the chiasmatic sulcus.
1968 Amer. Jrnl. Ophthalmol. 65 432/2 Chiasmatic arachnoiditis most commonly follows basal meningitis or head injury.
1990 Brain 113 577 Chapters on the sylvian fissure, the carotid cistern, the chiasmatic cistern, [etc.].
2. Cytology. Exhibiting or involving the formation of chiasmata.
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terminalized1929
chiasmate1950
chiasmatic1965
1965 Chromosoma 16 296 Male meiosis is chiasmatic and several of the larger bivalents usually form 3 chiasmata.
1992 Brain Res. 576 332 The distribution of the neuropeptide Y (NPY) was studied in geniculate and peri-chiasmatic regions in the lesser hedgehog-tenrec.
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