septum

English

Alternative forms

• saeptum
• sæptum

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɛptəm/

Noun

septum (plural septa or septums or septae)

1. (anatomy) A wall separating two cavities; a partition
   1. The cartilaginous center wall of the nose separating the two nostrils.
      • 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. (mycology) A partition that separates the cells of a (septated) fungus.
4. (zoology) One of the radial calcareous plates of a coral.
5. (zoology) One of the transverse partitions dividing the shell of a mollusk, or of a rhizopod, into several chambers.
6. (zoology) One of the transverse partitions dividing the body cavity of an annelid.
7. (colloquial) Ellipsis of septum ring. or septum piercing.

   Look, I got a new septum!

Derived terms

• anteroseptum
• distoseptum
• inferoseptum
• interseptum
• interventricular septum
• nasal septum
• posteroseptum
• pseudoseptum
• sarcoseptum
• septational
• septectomy
• septumless
• septum pellucidum
• superoseptum

 

Translations

(anatomy) wall separating two cavities

• Catalan: septe (ca) m
• Czech: přepážka f
• Finnish: väliseinä (fi)
• German: Septum (de) n
• Greek: διάφραγμα (el) n (diáfragma)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Italian: setto (it)
• Maori: taunga (of the nose)
• Polish: przegroda (pl) f
• Russian: перегоро́дка (ru) f (peregoródka)
• Spanish: tabique (es) m

(botany) partition separating the cells of a fruit

• Finnish: väliseinä (fi)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}

(mycology) partition separating the cells of a fungus

• Finnish: väliseinä (fi)
• German: Septum (de) n, Septe f
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Swedish: septum (sv) n (scientific; pl. septa)

(zoology) radial calcareous plate of a coral

• Finnish: väliseinä (fi)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}

(zoology) transverse partition dividing the shell chambers of a mollusc or rhizopod

• Finnish: väliseinä (fi)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}

(zoology) transverse partition dividing the body cavity of an annelid

• Finnish: väliseinä (fi)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}

Anagrams

• spetum

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Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈseːp.tum/, [ˈs̠eːpt̪ʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈsep.tum/, [ˈsɛpt̪um]

Noun

sēptum n (genitive sēptī); second declension

1. Alternative form of saeptum

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	sēptum	sēpta
Genitive	sēptī	sēptōrum
Dative	sēptō	sēptīs
Accusative	sēptum	sēpta
Ablative	sēptō	sēptīs
Vocative	sēptum	sēpta

References

• “septum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “septum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• septum in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• septum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.