septumとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

Borrowed from Latin sēptum (“enclosure, wall, fence”).

発音

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɛp.təm/
• 韻: -ɛptəm

名詞

septum (複数形 septa または septums)

1. (biology) A wall separating two cavities; a partition.

   Synonym: dissepiment

   1. (anatomy) Ellipsis of nasal septum.: the cartilaginous center wall of the nose separating the two nostrils.
      • 2002, Springhouse, Illustrated Manual of Nursing Practice, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, page 1158:

        Deviated septum, a shift from the midline that commonly occurs in normal growth, is present in most adults.

      • 2008, Neil Cicierega (lyrics かつ music), “Modify”, in View-Monster, performed by Lemon Demon:

        Sally got a dagger hung from her septum
        O'Malley cut his ears off, but wishes that he kept 'em

   2. (anatomy) Either of the two walls that separate the atria or ventricles of the heart into left and right chambers.
   3. (botany) A partition that separates the cells of a fruit.
   4. (mycology) A partition that separates the cells of a (septated) fungus.
   5. (zoology) One of the radial calcareous plates of a coral.
   6. (zoology) One of the transverse partitions dividing the shell of a mollusk, or of a rhizopod, into several chambers.
   7. (zoology) One of the transverse partitions dividing the body cavity of an annelid.
2. (colloquial) Ellipsis of septum ring. or septum piercing.

   Look, I got a new septum!

下位語

• nasal septum
• interventricular septum
• septum pellucidum

派生語

参照

• “septum”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “septum”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary

アナグラム

• spetum

Latin

発音

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈseːp.tum/, [ˈs̠eːpt̪ʊ̃ˑ]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈsep.tum/, [ˈsɛpt̪um]

名詞

sēptum n (genitive sēptī); second declension

1. Alternative form of saeptum.

派生した語

• → English: septum