septum

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim Ellipsis of nasal septum (“the cartilaginous center wall of the nose separating the two nostrils”).

   “Deviated septum, a shift from the midline that commonly occurs in normal growth, is present in most adults.”

2. isim Either of the two walls that separate the atria or ventricles of the heart into left and right chambers.
3. isim A partition that separates the cells of a fruit.
4. isim A partition that separates the cells of a (septated) fungus.
5. isim One of the radial calcareous plates of a coral.
6. isim One of the transverse partitions dividing the shell of a mollusk, or of a rhizopod, into several chambers.
7. isim One of the transverse partitions dividing the body cavity of an annelid.
8. isim One of the walls dividing two holes in a parallel-hole collimator
9. isim Ellipsis of septum ring or septum piercing.

   “Look, I got a new septum!”