septum

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Alternative spellings 1.2 Etymology 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Related terms 1.3.2 Translations 2 Latin 2.1 Etymology 2.2 Noun 2.2.1 Inflection 2.2.2 Usage notes

[edit] English

[edit] Alternative spellings

• saeptum

[edit] Etymology

From Latin septum, saeptum, enclosure, hedge, fence, perfect passive participle of sepire, saepire, hedge in, enclose.

[edit] Noun

septum (plural septa or septums)

1. (anatomy) A wall separating two cavities; a partition; as, the nasal septum.
   • 2002, Springhouse, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Illustrated Manual of Nursing Practice, page 1158

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

2. (botany) A partition that separates the cells of a fruit.
3. (zoology) 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.

[edit] Related terms

• nasal septum
• interventricular septum

[edit] Translations

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[edit] Latin

[edit] Etymology

Perfect passive participle of the verb sēpiō, a form of saepiō.

[edit] Noun

septum (genitive septi); n, second declension

1. enclosure, hedge, fence

[edit] Inflection

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	septum	septa
genitive	septī	septōrum
dative	septō	septīs
accusative	septum	septa
ablative	septō	septīs
vocative	septum	septa

[edit] Usage notes

Second declension noun. Variant form of saepta.