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Definition of septum
septa
play \-tə\: a dividing wall or membrane especially between bodily spaces or masses of soft tissue — compare dissepiment
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Continue to draw a thin line down your septum (the part of your nose that separates your two nostrils) and halfway down to the middle of your lip.
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Your Ex's New Boyfriend A 24-year-old with a septum piercing, huh?
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Among the plants is Pavonia septum, whose small yellow flower pleased Hudson’s eye.
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Lowrie, who arrived at the A’s spring camp Saturday, says that the septum surgery and the removal of a cyst from his left foot have left him in better shape heading than he’s enjoyed in years.
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The septum was broken, and rear molars were missing.
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This is visualised in Impermanence Trajectory through various objects/components like the shakan/anti-amygdala, the lotus dendrites and the septum fall.
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Origin and Etymology of septum
New Latin, from Latin saeptum enclosure, fence, wall, from saepire to fence in, from saepes fence, hedge
Medical Dictionary
septum
playMedical Definition of septum
septa
\-tə\play: a dividing wall or membrane especially between bodily spaces or masses of soft tissue: asa: nasal septumb: crural septum
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