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decussates

decussates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of decussate.

Meaning of decussate

Verb

decussate (third-person singular simple present decussates, present participle decussating, simple past and past participle decussated)

  1. To form an X or to cross or intersect.
    • The two trochlears decussate in the anterior medullary velum.1949, Herbert Eugene Walter, Leonard Perkins Sayles, Biology of the Vertebrates

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Questions about decussates

What is decussates the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Decussates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of decussate.

Words near decussates in the dictionary

  1. decury
  2. decussant
  3. decussate
  4. decussated
  5. decussately
  6. decussates
  7. decussating
  8. decussation
  9. decussations
  10. decussative
  11. decussatively

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