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Division between nostrils
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septum
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In corals , a septum (plural septa) is one of the radiating vertical plates lying within the corallite wall. Outside the corallite wall these plates are known as costae (singular costa). The septa may be thick, thin or vary in size. They may have teeth ...
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n. (anatomy) a dividing partition between two tissues or cavities a partition or wall especially in an ovary [also: septa (pl)]
Usage examples of septum.
Their only effect is on the vomeronasal organs in the septum of the nose and, from there, on the hypothalamus of the brainunconscious, insidious, and subversiveif there is any effect on the brain at all.
In a limited number of cases supposed to be chronic nasal catarrh, we have found upon examination that one or both nasal cavities were more or less obliterated and obstructed by the deformed and thickened septum.
Each of the abnormalities that defined the disease: ventricular septum defect, stenosis of the pulmonary valve, a displaced aorta, and an enlarged right ventricle were present.
Paget and Henry mention cases in which the corpora callosum, the fornix, and septum lucidum were imperfectly formed.
The adhesions were separated and the cyst tapped with a large trocar, and then the septa between the cysts were broken down with the fingers.
She prays with her septa, reads with her cousin Elinor, sings with her cousin Alla, sews with her cousin Megga.
Little Myrcella Baratheon stood with her septa and Ser Arys of the Kingsguard, sweltering in his white-enameled scales.
Her mother had been a septa, and Tyene had an air of almost otherworldy innocence about her.
The two of them were of a height, but she could not look him in the eye, nor say the simple words her septa had taught her.
Myrcella had her maids and Septa Eglantine as well, and Prince Trystane was attended by his sworn shield, Ser Gascoyne of the Greenblood.
Megga sent one septa crashing into the candles and set her robe afire.
Last night I confessed to Septa Unella that I wished to scratch her eyes out.
Inside the cell three silent sisters held her down as a septa named Scolera stripped her bare.
No wine appeared, only Septa Unella, making her hourly visit to ask if the queen was ready to confess.
Though the outcome of this preposterous test would have a significant bearing on future relations between the Ildiran Empire and the Terran Hanseatic League, the Adar had brought only a septa, a group of seven warliners.