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septum (s) (noun), septa (pl)
A partition or a dividing wall between two spaces or cavities: "The septum is a medical term for a thin separation within, or between, certain parts of the body; for example, the nasal septum is the sheet of cartilage and bone that separates the nostrils of the nose."
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lingual septum (s) (noun), lingual septa (pl)
A sheet of connective tissue that separates the two halves of the togue.
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transparent septum, septum pellucidum (s) (noun); transparent septa, septa pellucida (pl)
A thin plate of brain tissue, containing nerve cells and fibers, that is stretched like a flat, vertical sheet between the column and body of fornix (arched bundle of fibers); a triangular double membrane situated in the median plane and separating the anterior horns of the lateral ventricles of the brain.
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nasal septum (s) (noun), asal septa; nasal septums (pl)
The bony partition dividing the right and the left nasal cavities; columella nasi: The nasal septum is a bony and cartilaginous divider in the nose that keeps the left and right air passages apart from each other and divides the two nostrils
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