septum

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Alternative forms

• saeptum
• sæptum

Etymology

From Latin sēptum, alternative form of saeptum (“enclosure, hedge, fence”), from saeptus, perfect passive participle of saepiō (“hedge in, enclose”).

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) One of the radial calcareous plates of a coral.
4. (zoology) One of the transverse partitions dividing the shell of a mollusk, or of a rhizopod, into several chambers.
5. (zoology) One of the transverse partitions dividing the body cavity of an annelid.

Related terms

• nasal septum
• interventricular septum

Translations

wall separating two cavities in anatomy

Czech: přepážka (cs) f. Finnish: väliseinä

Italian: setto (it) Spanish: tabique (es) m.

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Latin

Noun

sēptum (genitive sēptī); n, second declension

1. Alternative form of saeptum.

Inflection

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	sēptum	sēpta
genitive	sēptī	sēptōrum
dative	sēptō	sēptīs
accusative	sēptum	sēpta
ablative	sēptō	sēptīs
vocative	sēptum	sēpta