çapraz, decussatio

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Definition of çapraz, decussatio in Turkish English dictionary

(Tıp) decussate

Having opposite leaves arranged alternately at right angles

{v} to cut or cross at unequal angles

{a} growing in opposite pairs alternately

Consisting of two rising and two falling clauses, placed in alternate opposition to each other; as, a decussated period

To form an X or to cross or intersect

{s} intersecting, in the form of an X

crossed or intersected in the form of an X

cross or intersect so as to form a cross; "this nerve decussates the other"; "the fibers decussate" crossed or intersected in the form of an X

X-like

Crossed; intersected

To cross at an acute angle; to cut or divide in the form of X; to intersect; said of lines in geometrical figures, rays of light, nerves, etc

(of leaves) Arranged in opposite pairs on the stem, with each pair at 90 degrees to the preceding pair

term for the crossing of a nerve from one side of the central nervous system to the other; both sensory and motor neurons decussate at different levels of the spinal cord and brainstem, and may project from their crossing to the contralateral cortex

cross or intersect so as to form a cross; "this nerve decussates the other"; "the fibers decussate"

Growing in pairs, each of which is at right angles to the next pair above or below; as, decussated leaves or branches

opposite pairs of shoots set at right angles to the pairs above and below

an arrangement for opposite leaves which successive pairs form a right angle

Hyphenation

çap·raz, de·cus·sa·ti·o