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saeptum
Etymology
From Latin #Latin|septum, saeptum, enclosure, hedge, fence, perfect passive participle of sepire, saepire, hedge in, enclose.
Noun
en-noun|plsepta|pl2septums
- A wall separating two cavities; a partition; as, the nasal septum.
#* 2002, Springhouse, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Illustrated Manual of Nursing Practice, page 1158
#*: Deviated septum, a shift from the midline that commonly occurs in normal growth, is present in most adults.
- botany A partition that separates the cells of a fruit.
- zoology a. One of the radial calcareous plates of a coral. b. One of the transverse partitions dividing the shell of a mollusk, or of a rhizopod, into several chambers. c. One of the transverse partitions dividing the body cavity of an annelid.
Related terms
nasal septum
interventricular septum
Translations
trans-top|wall separating two cavities in anatomy
Czech: p�epážka f
trans-mid
trans-bottom
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Latin
Etymology
Perfect passive participle of Latin verb sepire, saepire.
Noun
septum, genitive septi, plural nominative septa
- enclosure, hedge, fence
Usage notes
Second declension noun.
Variant form of saepta.
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