septum
nounCA, UK, US /ˈsɛp.təm/ · AU /ˈsep.təm/
Etymology Borrowed from Latin sēptum (“enclosure, wall, fence”).
9 senses
- 1Ellipsis of nasal septum (“the cartilaginous center wall…
- 2Either of the two walls that separate the atria or…
- 3A partition that separates the cells of a fruit.
- 4A partition that separates the cells of a (septated) fungus.
- 5One of the radial calcareous plates of a coral.
- 6One of the transverse partitions dividing the shell of a…
- 7One of the transverse partitions dividing the body…
- 8One of the walls dividing two holes in a parallel-hole collimator
- 9Ellipsis of septum ring or septum piercing.
› A wall separating two cavities; a partition.
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Anatomy, Biology, Medicine, Natural sciences, Sciences Abbreviation, Ellipsis Ellipsis of nasal septum (“the cartilaginous center wall of the nose separating the two nostrils”).
- 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:
- Sally got a dagger hung from her septum O'Malley cut his ears off, but wishes that he kept 'em2008, Neil Cicierega, “Modify”, in View-Monster, performed by Lemon Demon:
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Biology, Natural sciences One of the walls dividing two holes in a parallel-hole collimator
Nuclear medicine
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Abbreviation, Colloquial, Ellipsis Ellipsis of septum ring or septum piercing.
- Look, I got a new septum!
- Derived terms
- 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