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We found 9 dictionaries that define the word decussates:

General (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. decussates: Merriam-Webster
  2. decussates: Collins English Dictionary
  3. decussates: Wiktionary
  4. decussates: Dictionary.com
  5. decussates: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. decussates: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. decussates: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. decussates: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. decussates: Medical dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (decussate)

adjective:  Crossed; intersected; resembling a letter X.
adjective:  (zoology) Having anatomical structures or markings crossing each other, typically in an X shape or at right angles.
adjective:  (botany) Having opposite leaves arranged alternately at right angles.
adjective:  (rhetoric) Consisting of two rising and two falling clauses, placed in alternate opposition to each other.
verb:  To form an X or to cross or intersect.
▸ Also see decussate


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