septum

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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
A wall separating two cavities; a partition; as, the nasal septum

Deviated septum, a shift from the midline that commonly occurs in normal growth, is present in most adults.

(Anatomi) A partition of bone and cartilage between the nasal cavities
{i} thin membrane that serves to divide two bodily cavities or tissues (Biology)
The muscular wall separating the right and left sides of the heart
The transverse wall across the lumen of a fibre
A thin wall dividing two cavities or masses of softer tissue
the muscle wall that divides the heart chambers
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(anatomy) a dividing partition between two tissues or cavities a partition or wall especially in an ovary
The cartilage and skin that separates the two nostrils
The wall dividing the heart chambers
A thin layer of material between 2 layers of absorptive material i e Foil, lead, steel, etc that prevents sound wave from passing through absorptive material
(pl septa) A cross-wall or partition
a partition or wall especially in an ovary
A permeable material used to support the filter aid or other filter media A filter septum can be disposable (e g pad, paper, fabric, or plastic woven wire screen) or reusable (e g metallic woven wire screen)
The wall separating the left and right atria and the left and right ventricles
Nucleus in the limbic system located on the midline at the anterior tip of the cingulate cortex
The muscular wall dividing a chamber on the left side of the heart from the chamber on the right
(plural, septa) Any dividing wall or partition that occurs between structures or in a cavity
A partition which divides up a region, such as the septum in your nose
One of the radial calcareous plates of a coral
A permeable material used to support the filter medium or precoat on D E filters
This name stands for the muscular wall separating two independent chambers of the heart There is a separate septum which divides the two upper chambers (or atria) and a septum dividing the two lower chambers (or ventricles) The ventricular septum is more muscular and constitutes part of the pumping chamber itself
The partition separating the left and right sides of the nose
(anatomy) a dividing partition between two tissues or cavities
A partition or cross-wall that occurs between two cells in a bacterial (e g , actinomycete) or fungal filament, or which partitions off fungal structures such as spores Septa also divide parent cells into two daughter cells during bacterial binary fission (See 286, 556)
A dividing wall or partition, a general term for such a structure The term is often used alone to refer to the septal area or to the septum pellucidum
That portion of the filter element consisting of cloth, wire screen or other porous material on which the filter medium or filter aid is deposited The nylon grid on a D E filter is the septum
One of the transverse partitions dividing the shell of a mollusk, or of a rhizopod, into several chambers
the muscle wall between the atria or ventricles (upper or lower heart chambers)
The partition between the right and left nasal cavities (see photo)
One of the transverse partitions dividing the body cavity of an annelid
Part of the filter that the filter medium rests against, screen or porous material
One of the muscular walls dividing the two chambers on the left side of the heart from the two chambers on the right The atrial septum separates the top chambers and the ventricular septum separates the bottom chambers
deviated septum
A common physical disorder of the nose, involving a displacement of the nasal septum
interventricular septum
The stout wall separating the lower chambers (the ventricles) of the heart from one another
nasal septum
A septum in the nose, separating the left and right airways in the nose, dividing the two nostrils
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deviated nasal septum
abnormal shift in location of the nasal septum; a common condition causing obstruction of the nasal passages and difficulty in breathing and recurrent nosebleeds
deviated septum
abnormal displacement of any wall that separates two chambers (usually in the nasal cavity)
nasal septum
a partition of bone and cartilage between the nasal cavities
septa
plural of septum
septums
plural of septum
Turkish - English
(Tıp) ceptum
septum
septum papillaris
(Denizbilim) septum papillaris
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septum

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    sep·tum

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    Etymology

    [ 'sep-t&m ] (noun.) 1698. From Latin sēptum, alternative form of saeptum (“enclosure, hedge, fence”), from saeptus, perfect passive participle of saepiō (“hedge in, enclose”).
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