Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Chiasm

Chiasm (kī"az'm) , noun

[New Latin chiasma, from Greek chi`asma two lines placed crosswise, from {not transcribed} to mark with a χ.]

(Anatomy) A commissure; an intersection or crossing of two tracts; especially, the optic commissure, or crucial union of the optic nerves.

Also: Chiasma