SEPTUM

n.

5 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

A wall separating two cavities; a partition; as, the nasal septum.

2.
n.

A partition that separates the cells of a fruit.

3.
n.

One of the radial calcareous plates of a coral.

4.
n.

One of the transverse partitions dividing the shell of a mollusk, or of a rhizopod, into several chambers. See Illust. under Nautilus.

5.
n.

One of the transverse partitions dividing the body cavity of an annelid.


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