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chiasmic

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chi·as·ma  (k-zm) also chi·asm (kzm)
n. pl. chi·as·ma·ta (-m-t) or chi·as·mas also chi·asms
1. Anatomy A crossing or intersection of two tracts, as of nerves or ligaments.
2. Genetics The point of contact between paired chromatids during meiosis, resulting in a cross-shaped configuration and representing the cytological manifestation of crossing over.
[Greek khasma, cross-piece, from khazein, to mark with an X, from khei, kh, chi (from the letter's shape).]
chi·asmal, chi·asmic, chias·matic (-mtk) adj.
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Adj.1.chiasmic - of or relating to a chiasm
chiasmal, chiasmatic
anatomy, general anatomy - the branch of morphology that deals with the structure of animals
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But that situation can help explain both the increasing turn toward genres of fantasy in contemporary film and the importance of such texts for helping us to navigate this confusing postmodern cultural landscape wherein reality and fantasy increasingly seem bound in a chiasmic relationship.
LaBute's Frankenstein, or the postmodern Prometheus by Telotte, J.P. / Literature-Film Quarterly
The very description of the extralinguistic body", she notes, "allegorises the problem of the chiasmic relation between language and body and so fails to supply the distinction it seeks to articulate" (2001: 257).
Materiality and the madness of reading: J.M. Coetzee's Elizabeth ... by Bethlehem, Louise / Journal of Literary Studies
To this poem, readers generally responded by feeling the emotions and perceiving the gaps in the form but only rarely seeing its chiasmic structure.
The creative writing learning community webpage by Robinson, Bonnie J. / Academic Exchange Quarterly
 
 
 
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