English Explanatory Dictionary

septum

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A wall separating two cavities; a partition.
  2. Ellipsis of nasal septum (“the cartilaginous center wall of the nose separating the two nostrils”).
  3. Either of the two walls that separate the atria or ventricles of the heart into left and right chambers.
  4. A partition that separates the cells of a fruit.
  5. A partition that separates the cells of a (septated) fungus.
  6. One of the radial calcareous plates of a coral.
  7. One of the transverse partitions dividing the shell of a mollusk, or of a rhizopod, into several chambers.
  8. One of the transverse partitions dividing the body cavity of an annelid.
  9. One of the walls dividing two holes in a parallel-hole collimator
  10. Ellipsis of septum ring or septum piercing.

Pronunciation

/ˈsɛp.təm/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-septum.wav /ˈsep.təm/

Word forms

septum septa septums saeptum sæptum

Etymology

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

Synonyms

dissepiment

Derived words

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

Translations

Catalan: septe Catalan: envà Czech: přepážka Finnish: väliseinä German: Septum Greek: διάφραγμα Italian: setto Kaurna: mudlhayala Māori: taunga Māori: pātaki Māori: pātakitaki Polish: przegroda Portuguese: septo Russian: перегоро́дка Spanish: tabique Spanish: septo Spanish: septum Thai: ผนังกั้น Welsh: septwm Welsh: teisban
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