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Definition of Septum

Septum
Septum Sep"tum, n.; pl. Septa. [L. septum, saeptum, an inclosure, hedge, fence, fr. sepire, saepire, to hedge in, inclose.] 1. A wall separating two cavities; a partition; as, the nasal septum. 2. (Bot.) A partition that separates the cells of a fruit. 3. (Zo["o]l.) (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. See Illust. under Nautilus. (c) One of the transverse partitions dividing the body cavity of an annelid.

Meaning of Septum from wikipedia

- Look up septum in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. In biology, a septum (Latin for something that encloses; pl.: septa) is a wall, dividing a cavity or...
- The nasal septum (Latin: septum nasi) separates the left and right airways of the nasal cavity, dividing the two nostrils. It is depressed by the depressor...
- Nasal septum deviation is a physical disorder of the nose, involving a displacement of the nasal septum. Some displacement is common, affecting 80% of...
- The septum pellucidum (Latin for "translucent wall") is a thin, triangular, vertical double membrane separating the anterior horns of the left and right...
- A ****l septum is a ****l anomaly that is partition within the ****; such a septum could be either longitudinal or transverse. In some affected women...
- The interventricular septum (IVS, or ventricular septum, or during development septum inferius) is the stout wall separating the ventricles, the lower...
- nose that was adorned with a bead. While the Mayans pierced through the septum and consisted of an oblong bead rather than spherical. Since the introduction...
- A uterine septum is a congenital uterine malformation where the uterine cavity is partitioned by a longitudinal septum; the outside of the uterus has a...
- The urorectal septum is an in****tion of the cloaca. It divides it into a dorsal part (the hindgut) and a ventral part (the urogenital sinus). It in****tes...
- The interatrial septum is the wall of tissue that separates the right and left atria of the heart. The interatrial septum is a septum that lies between...