Found 2 items, similar to septa.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: septa septum n 1: (anatomy) a dividing partition between two tissues or cavities 2: a partition or wall especially in an ovary [also: septa (pl)] septa See septum
English → English (gcide) Definition: Septa Septum \Sep"tum\, n.; pl. Septa. [L. septum, saeptum, an inclosure, hedge, fence, fr. sepire, saepire, to hedge in, inclose.] 1. A wall separating two cavities; a partition; as, the nasal septum. [1913 Webster] 2. (Bot.) A partition that separates the cells of a fruit. [1913 Webster] 3. (Zo["o]l.) (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. See Illust. under Nautilus. (c) One of the transverse partitions dividing the body cavity of an annelid. [1913 Webster]