Septum

Definition:

  • (n.) A wall separating two cavities; a partition; as, the nasal septum.
  • (n.) A partition that separates the cells of a fruit.
  • (n.) One of the radial calcareous plates of a coral.
  • (n.) One of the transverse partitions dividing the shell of a mollusk, or of a rhizopod, into several chambers. See Illust. under Nautilus.
  • (n.) One of the transverse partitions dividing the body cavity of an annelid.

Compare septum with other words:

septum vs. tichorrhine

multiseptate vs. septum

septum vs. uniseptate

nasoseptal vs. septum

dissepiment vs. septum

septal vs. septum

columella vs. septum

septum vs. vomer

annelid vs. septum

rhizopod vs. septum

mollusk vs. septum

partition vs. septum

septum vs. transverse

coral vs. septum

plate vs. septum

radial vs. septum

calcareous vs. septum

septate vs. septum

fungus vs. septum