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Webster 1913 Edition
Septum
‖
Sep′tum
,Noun.
pl.
Septa
(#)
. [L.
septum
, saeptum
, an inclosure, hedge, fence, fr. sepire
, saepire
, to hedge in, inclose.] 1.
A wall separating two cavities; a partition;
as, the nasal
. septum
2.
(Bot.)
A partition that separates the cells of a fruit.
3.
(Zool.)
(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. See Illust. under
Nautilus
. (c)
One of the transverse partitions dividing the body cavity of an annelid.
Definition 2024
septum
septum
English
Alternative forms
Noun
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- (anatomy) A wall separating two cavities; a partition; as, the nasal septum.
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- Deviated septum, a shift from the midline that commonly occurs in normal growth, is present in most adults.
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- (botany) A partition that separates the cells of a fruit.
- (mycology) A partition that separates the cells of a (septated) fungus.
- (zoology) One of the radial calcareous plates of a coral.
- (zoology) One of the transverse partitions dividing the shell of a mollusk, or of a rhizopod, into several chambers.
- (zoology) One of the transverse partitions dividing the body cavity of an annelid.
Related terms
Translations
(anatomy) wall separating two cavities
(mycology) partition separating the cells of a fungus
(zoology) transverse partition dividing the shell chambers of a mollusc or rhizopod
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈseːp.tum/, [ˈseːp.tũ]
Noun
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- Alternative form of saeptum
Inflection
Second declension.
| 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, 1883–1887)
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “septum”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.