septum

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[edit] Etymology

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

[edit] Noun

Singular
septum

Plural
septa or septums

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.

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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

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Second declension noun. Variant form of saepta.