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Noun:

  • anatomy A wall separating two cavities; a partition; as, the nasal septum.
  • botany A partition that separates the cells of a fruit.
  • zoology '''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.

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