decussate
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decussate
- /dɪˈkʌseɪt/
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The adjective is first attested in 1825, the verb in 1658. Borrowed from Latin decussātus, perfect passive participle of decussō (“to divide crosswise, arrange crosswise or mark with a cross”) (see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from decussis (“a coin worth ten asses; a cross sign (from the cross shape of the Roman numeral for ten carved on the coins)”), from decem (“ten”) + as (“a Roman coin”).
adjective more decussate · most decussate
- Crossed; intersected; resembling a letter X.
- Having anatomical structures or markings crossing each other, typically in an X shape or at right angles.
- Having opposite leaves arranged alternately at right angles. Juniperites, ju-ne-per-i′tis, s[ubstantive]. A genus of fossil plants, in which the branches are ranged irregularly; leaves short, obtuse, inserted by a broad base, opposite, decussate, and arranged in four rows.
- Consisting of two rising and two falling clauses, placed in alternate opposition to each other. a decussated period
Similar: decussant
verb decussates · decussating · decussated
- To form an X or to cross or intersect. The two trochlears decussate in the anterior medullary velum.
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adj crossed
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