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septum en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈsep.təm/ (Australia)
• /ˈsɛp.təm/ (Canada, UK, US)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin sēptum (“enclosure, wall, fence”).

Meanings

1. (abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis) A wall separating two cavities; a partition. ▸ Ellipsis of nasal septum (“the cartilaginous center wall of the nose separating the two nostrils”).
   alt of nasal septum
   • Sally got a dagger hung from her septum O'Malley cut his ears off, but wishes that he kept 'em 2008, Neil Cicierega, “Modify”, in View-Monster, performed by Lemon Demon:
   • Deviated septum, a shift from the midline that commonly occurs in normal growth, is present in most adults. 2002, Springhouse, Illustrated Manual of Nursing Practice, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, page 1158:
2. A wall separating two cavities; a partition. ▸ Either of the two walls that separate the atria or ventricles of the heart into left and right chambers.
3. A wall separating two cavities; a partition. ▸ A partition that separates the cells of a fruit.
4. A wall separating two cavities; a partition. ▸ A partition that separates the cells of a (septated) fungus.
5. A wall separating two cavities; a partition. ▸ One of the radial calcareous plates of a coral.
6. A wall separating two cavities; a partition. ▸ One of the transverse partitions dividing the shell of a mollusk, or of a rhizopod, into several chambers.
7. A wall separating two cavities; a partition. ▸ One of the transverse partitions dividing the body cavity of an annelid.
8. (qualifier:nuclear medicine) A wall separating two cavities; a partition. ▸ One of the walls dividing two holes in a parallel-hole collimator
9. (abbreviation, alt-of, colloquial, ellipsis) Ellipsis of septum ring or septum piercing.
   alt of septum ring or septum piercing
   • Look, I got a new septum!

Forms

Deriveds

septate · septum piercing · superoseptum · septiform · anteroseptum · pseudoseptum · septo- · sarcoseptum · posteroseptum · septectomy · septumless · interseptum · septile · apicoseptum · distoseptum · midseptum · septal · euseptum · inferoseptum · septril · septin · septiferous · septum ring

Hyponyms

interventricular septum · septum pellucidum · nasal septum

Synonyms

dissepiment · dissepiment · dissepiment · dissepiment · dissepiment · dissepiment · dissepiment · dissepiment

Translations (32)

fi väliseinä ((zoology) transverse partition dividing the body cavity of an annelid) · mi pātakitaki ((anatomy) wall separating two cavities) · fi väliseinä ((mycology) partition separating the cells of a fungus) · th ผนังกั้น ((anatomy) wall separating two cavities) · de Septe ((mycology) partition separating the cells of a fungus) · alt бӧлгӱш ((anatomy) wall separating two cavities) · cy teisban ((anatomy) wall separating two cavities) · de Septum ((anatomy) wall separating two cavities) · es tabique ((anatomy) wall separating two cavities) · ru перегоро́дка ((anatomy) wall separating two cavities) · mi pātaki ((anatomy) wall separating two cavities) · cs přepážka ((anatomy) wall separating two cavities) · pl przegroda ((anatomy) wall separating two cavities) · cy septwm ((anatomy) wall separating two cavities) · ca septe ((anatomy) wall separating two cavities) · fi väliseinä ((zoology) radial calcareous plate of a coral) · pl septum (ellipsis of septum ring or septum piercing) · ca envà ((anatomy) wall separating two cavities) · fi väliseinä ((anatomy) wall separating two cavities) · it setto ((anatomy) wall separating two cavities) · es septum (séptum) (ellipsis of septum ring or septum piercing) · el διάφραγμα ((anatomy) wall separating two cavities) · de Septum ((mycology) partition separating the cells of a fungus) · pt septo ((anatomy) wall separating two cavities) · mi taunga ((anatomy) wall separating two cavities) · fi väliseinä ((botany) partition separating the cells of a fruit) · fi väliseinä ((zoology) transverse partition dividing the shell chambers of a mollusc or rhizopod) · zku mudlhayala ((anatomy) wall separating two cavities) · es septum ((anatomy) wall separating two cavities) · sv septum ((mycology) partition separating the cells of a fungus) · ca septe ((botany) partition separating the cells of a fruit) · es septo ((anatomy) wall separating two cavities)