Word.ws English Dictionary

chiasmata

chiasmata is the plural of chiasma.

Meaning of chiasma

Noun

chiasma (plural chiasmas or chiasmata)

  1. A crossing of two nerves, ligaments etc.
  2. The contact point between the two chromatids of a chromosome during meiosis.
  3. (uncommon) An instance of chiasmus.

Questions about chiasmata

What is chiasmata the plural of?
Chiasmata is the plural of chiasma.

Words near chiasmata in the dictionary

  1. chias
  2. chiasm
  3. chiasma
  4. chiasmal
  5. chiasmas
  6. chiasmata
  7. chiasmate
  8. chiasmates
  9. chiasmatic
  10. chiasmi
  11. chiasmic

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: chiasmata (page history and authors); chiasma (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “chiasmata.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/chiasmata. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.