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Definition of Septum
1. Noun. (anatomy) a dividing partition between two tissues or cavities.
Specialized synonyms: Nasal Septum
Category relationships: Anatomy, General Anatomy
Derivative terms: Septal
2. Noun. A partition or wall especially in an ovary.
Definition of Septum
1. n. A wall separating two cavities; a partition; as, the nasal septum.
Definition of Septum
1. Noun. (anatomy) A wall separating two cavities; a partition; as, the nasal septum. ¹
2. Noun. (botany) A partition that separates the cells of a fruit. ¹
3. Noun. (zoology) One of the radial calcareous plates of a coral. ¹
4. Noun. (zoology) One of the transverse partitions dividing the shell of a mollusk, or of a rhizopod, into several chambers. ¹
5. Noun. (zoology) One of the transverse partitions dividing the body cavity of an annelid. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Septum
1. a dividing membrane or partition [n -TA or -TUMS]
Medical Definition of Septum
1. A dividing wall or partition, a general term for such a structure. The term is often used alone to refer to the septal area or to the septum pellucidum. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Septum
Literary usage of Septum
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Anatomy, Descriptive and Surgical by Henry Gray (1870)
"tatum. Beneath the corpora quadrigemina, the innermost fibres of each peduncle
decussate with each other, so that some fibres from the right half of the ..."
2. Diseases of the Nose, Throat and Ear by William Lincoln Ballenger (1908)
"THE ETIOLOGY OF DEFORMITIES AND DEVIATIONS OF THE septum NASI. " THE chief cause
of deviations, and probably of many other deformities of the septum, ..."
3. The Treatment of fractures: With Notes Upon a Few Common Dislocations by Charles Locke Scudder (1915)
"The Nasal septum in Fracture of the Nose (Figs. 33, 34, 35, 36, 37)-—The starting
of the quadrilateral cartilage of the septum at some of its bony ..."
4. The Treatment of Fractures: With Notes Upon a Few Common Dislocations by Charles Locke Scudder (1915)
"The starting of the quadrilateral cartilage of the septum at some of its bony
... The septum may be dislocated from its attachment to the superior maxilla, ..."
5. Proceedings by Philadelphia County Medical Society (1890)
"THERE are cases in which simple division of the nasal septum, with the use of
pins to hold the divided partition properly in place, is not efficacious, ..."
6. Anatomy: Descriptive and Surgical by Henry Gray, Thomas Pickering Pick (1897)
"Its outer wall is formed by the fibrous septum separating it from the inn« side
of the ... by the septum crurale ; and a lower one, the saphenous opening, ..."
7. Diseases of the Nose, Throat and Ear: Medical and Surgical by William Lincoln Ballenger (1914)
"THE SURGICAL CORRECTION OF OBSTRUCTIVE MALFORMATIONS OF THE septum THERE is no
cne method of correcting obstructive deviations or malformations of the ..."
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