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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun septum has 2 senses
- septum(n = noun.body) - (anatomy) a dividing partition between two tissues or cavities; is a kind of partition
- septum(n = noun.plant) - a partition or wall especially in an ovary; is a kind of plant organ
has particulars: nasal septum
Derived form adjective septal1
Derived form adjective septal1
CIDE DICTIONARY
septum, n. [L. septum, saeptum, an inclosure, hedge, fence, fr. sepire, saepire, to hedge in, inclose.].
- A wall separating two cavities; a partition; as, the nasal septum. [1913 Webster]
- A partition that separates the cells of a fruit. [1913 Webster]
- One of the radial calcareous plates of a coral. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
septum, n. (pl. septa) Anat., Bot., & Zool. a partition such as that between the nostrils or the chambers of a poppy-fruit or of a shell.
Etymology
L s(a)eptum f. saepire saept- enclose f. saepes hedge
THESAURUS
septum
barrier, brattice, buffer, buffer state, bulkhead, bumper, cloison, collision mat, cushion, diaphragm, dissepiment, dividing line, dividing wall, division, fender, interseptum, mat, midriff, midsection, pad, panel, paries, partition, party wall, property line, separation, septulum, shock pad, wallROGET THESAURUS
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Interposition
N interposition, interjacence, intercurrence, intervenience, interlocation, interdigitation, interjection, interpolation, interlineation, interspersion, intercalation, interpenetration, permeation, infiltration, intervention, interference, intrusion, obtrusion, insinuation, insertion, dovetailing, embolism, intermediary, intermedium, go between, bodkin, intruder, interloper, parenthesis, episode, flyleaf, partition, septum, diaphragm, midriff, dissepiment, party wall, panel, room divider, halfway house, interjacent, intercurrent, intervenient, intervening, intermediate, intermediary, intercalary, interstitial, embolismal, parenthetical, episodic, mediterranean, intrusive, embosomed, merged, between, betwixt, twixt, among, amongst, amid, amidst, mid, midst, in the thick of, betwixt and between, sandwich-wise, parenthetically, obiter dictum.
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