optic chiasm

English

Noun

optic chiasm (plural optic chiasms)

1. (neuroanatomy, anatomy) The part of the brain where the optic nerves partially cross.

Synonyms

• optic chiasma

Translations

part of the brain

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 視交叉／视交叉 (shìjiāochā)

• Esperanto: opta kruciĝo, opta kiasmo
• Finnish: näköhermoristi
• French: chiasma optique (fr) m
• German: Sehnervenkreuzung f, Sehnervkreuzung f, Chiasma opticum n (from Latin)
• Greek: οπτικό χίασμα n (optikó chíasma)
• Hungarian: látóideg-kereszteződés
• Italian: chiasmo ottico m
• Japanese: 視交叉 (しこうさ, shikōsa)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: synsnervekrysning m or f, chiasma opticum n (from Latin)

  Nynorsk: synsnervekrysning m or f, chiasma opticum n (from Latin)

• Portuguese: quiasma óptico m
• Spanish: quiasma óptico (es) m
• Swedish: synnervskorsning c

See also

• optic chiasm on Wikipedia.Wikipedia