Common Disorders of the Canine Liver. Vessel Abnormalities: In young dogs, one of the most common liver disorders is a birth defect called congenital portosystemic shunt. In these cases, a blood vessel is present that bypasses the liver, causing a buildup of toxins that the liver would normally take care of.
Chiastic structure, or chiastic pattern, is a literary technique in narrative motifs and other textual passages. An example of chiastic structure would be two ideas, A and B, together with variants A' and B', being presented as A,B,B',A'.
1. chiasm-an intersection or crossing of two tracts in the form of the letter X. chiasma, decussation. anatomical structure, bodily structure, body structure, complex body part, structure-a particular complex anatomical part of a living thing; he has good bone structure.