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Septum   Listen
noun
Septum  n.  (pl. septa)  
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.
(c)
One of the transverse partitions dividing the body cavity of an annelid.





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"Septum" Quotes from Famous Books



... answer only that, when they were created, the Muranaura, a good spirit, thus disfigured the first child, and, pleased at the sight, commanded that the like should be done to every male or female child for ever after. The Pelew Islanders believe that the perforation of the septum of the nose is necessary for winning eternal bliss; and the Nicaraguans say that their ancestors were instructed by the gods to flatten their children's heads. Again, in Fiji it is supposed that the custom of tattooing is in conformity with ...
— The Child and Childhood in Folk-Thought • Alexander F. Chamberlain
... obscurity, we may fairly conclude, by the success of my treatment, if it should meet with the confirmation of the profession, that the much pretended sensitive area, situated, according to Dr. Sajous, "at the posterior end of the inferior turbinated bones and the corresponding portion of the septum," or, according to Dr. John Mackenzie, who locates this area "at the anterior extremity of the inferior turbinated bone," need not necessarily be removed or destroyed by cautery, in order to accomplish a cure of ...
— Scientific American Supplement, No. 795, March 28, 1891 • Various
... muscle, containing four compartments, two on each side. The upper compartments are called auricles and the lower ones ventricles. The right auricle and ventricle are completely separated from the left auricle and ventricle by a thick septum or wall, so that there is no communication between the right and left ...
— Special Report on Diseases of Cattle • U.S. Department of Agriculture


Words linked to "Septum" :   deviated septum, septal, deviated nasal septum, nasal septum, partition, general anatomy


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