septum
A wall separating two cavitiesA wall separating two cavities; a partition.: Either of the two walls that separate the atria or ventricles of the heart into left and right chambers.
» Tom is having surgery to repair a deviated septum.
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7 sensesA wall separating two cavities; a partition.
Either of the two walls that separate the atria or ventricles of the heart into left and right chambers.
A partition that separates the cells of a fruit.
a partition or wall especially in an ovary
A partition that separates the cells of a (septated) fungus.
Septum, Septe
One of the radial calcareous plates of a coral.
One of the transverse partitions dividing the shell of a mollusk, or of a rhizopod, into several chambers.
One of the transverse partitions dividing the body cavity of an annelid.
One of the walls dividing two holes in a parallel-hole collimator
(anatomy) a dividing partition between two tissues or cavities
Examples
1 sentencesTom is having surgery to repair a deviated septum.
Translations
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Origin
Borrowed from Latin sēptum (“enclosure, wall, fence”).Borrowed from Latin sēptum (“enclosure, wall, fence”).
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Forms
plural: septa / septumsSynonyms
1 synonymsWord family
21 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Plural nouns — Because its plural is irregular
See also
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