Septa vs Septum - What's the difference?
septa | septum |
(anatomy) A wall separating two cavities; a partition; as, the nasal septum.
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(botany) A partition that separates the cells of a fruit.
(mycology) A partition that separates the cells of a (septated) fungus.
(zoology) One of the radial calcareous plates of a coral.
(zoology) One of the transverse partitions dividing the shell of a mollusk, or of a rhizopod, into several chambers.
(zoology) One of the transverse partitions dividing the body cavity of an annelid.
As nouns the difference between septa and septum
is that septa is while septum is (anatomy) a wall separating two cavities; a partition; as, the nasal septum.septum
English
(wikipedia septum)Alternative forms
* (l) *Noun
(en-noun)- Deviated septum , a shift from the midline that commonly occurs in normal growth, is present in most adults.