SEPTUM


Meaning of SEPTUM in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈsep-təm ]

noun

( plural sep·ta -tə)

Etymology: New Latin, from Latin saeptum enclosure, fence, wall, from saepire to fence in, from saepes fence, hedge

Date: 1698

: a dividing wall or membrane especially between bodily spaces or masses of soft tissue — compare dissepiment

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