a. One of the radial calcareous plates of a coral. b. One of the transverse partitions dividing the shell of a mollusk, or of a rhizopod, into several chambers. c. One of the transverse partitions dividing the body cavity of an annelid
A thin layer of material between 2 layers of absorptive material i e Foil, lead, steel, etc that prevents sound wave from passing through absorptive material
A permeable material used to support the filter aid or other filter media A filter septum can be disposable (e g pad, paper, fabric, or plastic woven wire screen) or reusable (e g metallic woven wire screen)
A permeable material used to support the filter medium or precoat on D E filters
This name stands for the muscular wall separating two independent chambers of the heart There is a separate septum which divides the two upper chambers (or atria) and a septum dividing the two lower chambers (or ventricles) The ventricular septum is more muscular and constitutes part of the pumping chamber itself
A partition or cross-wall that occurs between two cells in a bacterial (e g , actinomycete) or fungal filament, or which partitions off fungal structures such as spores Septa also divide parent cells into two daughter cells during bacterial binary fission (See 286, 556)
A dividing wall or partition, a general term for such a structure The term is often used alone to refer to the septal area or to the septum pellucidum
That portion of the filter element consisting of cloth, wire screen or other porous material on which the filter medium or filter aid is deposited The nylon grid on a D E filter is the septum
One of the transverse partitions dividing the shell of a mollusk, or of a rhizopod, into several chambers
Part of the filter that the filter medium rests against, screen or porous material
One of the muscular walls dividing the two chambers on the left side of the heart from the two chambers on the right The atrial septum separates the top chambers and the ventricular septum separates the bottom chambers
abnormal shift in location of the nasal septum; a common condition causing obstruction of the nasal passages and difficulty in breathing and recurrent nosebleeds
[ 'sep-t&m ] (noun.) 1698. From Latin sēptum, alternative form of saeptum (“enclosure, hedge, fence”), from saeptus, perfect passive participle of saepiō (“hedge in, enclose”).