chiasm

Latin; in sense 1, from chiasma, from Ancient Greek χίασμα (khiasma); in sense 2, from chiasmus, from Ancient Greek χιασμός (khiasmos "crossing, diagonal arrangement"), from χιάζειν (khiázein, “to mark with a chi”), from χ (kh, “chi”)

• IPA^(key): /ˈkaɪ.æzəm/

chiasm (plural chiasms)

1. Alternative form of chiasma.
2. Alternative form of chiasmus.

• optic chiasm

• samich, Misach, Michas, Chimas, machis, Micahs, Machis, simcha

Borrowed from French chiasme.

chiasm n (plural chiasme)

1. (rhetoric) chiasmus