Definitions for decussate

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decussate de·cus·sate

Spelling: [verb dih-kuhs-eyt, dek-uh-seyt; Decussate is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 354 anagrams from letters in decussate (acdeesstu).

Definitions for decussate

verb (used with or without object)

1. to cross in the form of an X ; intersect.

adjective

1. in the form of an X ; crossed; intersected.
2. Botany. arranged along the stem in pairs, each pair at right angles to the pair next above or below, as leaves.

Origin of decussate

1650-60; Medieval Latin decussātus divided in the form of an X (past participle of decussāre), equivalent to Latin decuss(is) the numeral ten, orig., a ten-as weight (dec(em) Examples for decussate

These are sometimes marked with a decussate cross, as was done to facilitate fracture during administration.

The remaining fibres pass down as the direct pyramidal tract, and decussate in the cord near their termination.

decussate, arranged in pairs which successively cross each other, 71.

Thus, leaves normally opposite and decussate may, by fusion, become alternate.

The whorls or pairs alternate or cross each other, usually at right angles, that is, they decussate.