Septum
WordNet
noun
(1) (anatomy) a dividing partition between two tissues or cavities
(2) A partition or wall especially in an ovary
WiktionaryText
Etymology
From Latin septum, saeptum, enclosure, hedge, fence, perfect passive participle of sepire, saepire, hedge in, enclose.
Noun
- 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.
- 2002, Springhouse, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Illustrated Manual of Nursing Practice, page 1158
- A partition that separates the cells of a fruit.
- 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.