Septum

Noun

 * 1)  A wall separating two cavities; a partition; as, the nasal septum.
 * 2) * 2002, Springhouse, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Illustrated Manual of Nursing Practice, page 1158
 * Deviated septum, a shift from the midline that commonly occurs in normal growth, is present in most adults.
 * 1)  A partition that separates the cells of a fruit.
 * 2)  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.

Related terms

 * nasal septum
 * interventricular septum

Thesaurus
barrier, brattice, buffer, buffer state, bulkhead, bumper, cloison, collision mat, cushion, diaphragm, dissepiment, dividing line, dividing wall, division, fender, interseptum, mat, midriff, midsection, pad, panel, paries, partition, party wall, property line, separation, septulum, shock pad, wall

Etymology
From septum:, alternative form of saeptum:, from saeptus:, perfect passive participle of  saepio:.

Translations

 * Czech:
 * Finnish: väliseinä


 * Italian:
 * Spanish: tabique