nasal septum

English

Noun

nasal septum (plural nasal septa or nasal septums)

1. (anatomy) A bony and cartilaginous partition in the nose, separating the left and right airways in the nose and dividing the two nostrils.

   Synonym: columella nasi

Derived terms

• deviated nasal septum

Translations

partition in the nose

• Arabic: حَاجِز الأَنْف (ḥājiz al-ʔanf)
• Azerbaijani: burun arakəsmə sümüyü
• Catalan: septe nasal m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 鼻中隔 (zh) (bízhōnggé)

• Czech: nosní přepážka f
• Dutch: neustussenschot n
• Finnish: nenän väliseinä
• French: cloison (fr) f
• Galician: tabique nasal m
• German: Nasenscheidewand (de) f
• Greek: ρινικό διάφραγμα n (rinikó diáfragma)
• Hebrew: מחיצת האף
• Hungarian: orrsövény (hu)
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• Italian: setto (it) m
• Japanese: 鼻中隔 (bichūkaku)
• Latin: septum nasi n
• Low German:

  German Low German: neestwüschenwand

• Maori: taunga
• Persian: تیغه بینی
• Polish: przegroda nosowa (pl)
• Portuguese: septo nasal m
• Spanish: tabique nasal (es) m
• Swedish: nässkiljevägg c
• Thai: ผนังกั้นโพรงจมูก (p̄hnạng kận phorng cmūk)
• Turkish: burun bölmesi
• Ukrainian: носова перетинка (nosova peretynka)

References

• “nasal septum”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.