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Chiasma :: Chiasma (n.) A commissure; especially, the optic commissure, or crucial union of the optic nerves..

Commissure :: Commissure (n.) The line of junction or cohering face of two carpels, as in the parsnip, caraway, etc..

Medicommissure :: Medicommissure (n.) A large transverse commissure in the third ventricle of the brain; the middle or soft commissure.

Postcommissure :: Postcommissure (n.) A transverse commisure in the posterior part of the roof of the third ventricle of the brain; the posterior cerebral commisure.

Post- :: Post- () A prefix signifying behind, back, after; as, postcommissure, postdot, postscript..

Commissure :: Commissure (n.) The point of union between two parts, as the angles of the lips or eyelids, the mandibles of a bird, etc..

Commissure :: Commissure (n.) A collection of fibers connecting parts of the brain or spinal marrow; a chiasma.

Commissural :: Commissural (a.) Of or pertaining to a commissure.

Praecommissure :: Praecommissure (n.) A transverse commissure in the anterior part of the third ventricle of the brain; the anterior cerebral commissure.

Vinculum :: Vinculum (n.) A commissure uniting the two main tendons in the foot of certain birds.

Circumesophagal :: Circumesophagal (a.) Surrounding the esophagus; -- in Zool. said of the nerve commissures and ganglia of arthropods and mollusks.

Commissure :: Commissure (n.) A joint, seam, or closure; the place where two bodies, or parts of a body, meet and unite; an interstice, cleft, or juncture..

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