chiasmatic
/ˌkaɪæzˈmætɪk/
chiasmatic adjective: of or relating to the optic chiasma.
Adjective
chiasmatic (not comparable)
- Of or relating to the optic chiasma.
- Relating to or characterized by a chiasma (the contact point between the two chromatids of a chromosome during meiosis).
Origin of chiasmatic
From chiasma + -tic.
Words formed from chiasmatic
Words that rhyme with chiasmatic
- automatic
- chromatic
- emphatic
- static
- systematic
- idiomatic
- attic
- hexachromatic
- thematic
- aromatic
- democratic
- hepatic
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- lymphatic
- schematic
- adiabatic
- aristocratic
- asymptomatic
- athematic
- autocratic
- axiomatic
- erratic
- fanatic
- fluorochromatic
- interchromatic
- phlegmatic
- prismatic
- psychosomatic
- quadchromatic
- rheumatic
- sciatic
- stromatic
- aerobatic
- altermatic
- aposematic
- asthmatic
- bathochromatic
- bizygomatic
- bureaucratic
- chorochromatic
- chromocratic
- circumzygomatic
- coccochromatic
- curatic
- diabatic
- dyschromatic
- endolymphatic
- episematic
- epistatic
- frontozygomatic
- glymphatic
- goniochromatic
- graphematic
- herostratic
- hydroinformatic
- idiosyncratic
- immunochromatic
- infrazygomatic
- interzygomatic
- katabatic
- kinechromatic
Questions about chiasmatic
- What does chiasmatic mean?
- Chiasmatic means of or relating to the optic chiasma.
- What part of speech is chiasmatic?
- Chiasmatic is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce chiasmatic?
- Chiasmatic is pronounced /ˌkaɪæzˈmætɪk/.
Words near chiasmatic in the dictionary
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