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‖ interˈseptum
[L.: see prec.]
A diaphragm or partition: esp. in Anat.
1753Chambers Cycl. Suppl., Interseptum, a word used by some writers to express the uvula, and by others the septum narium. 1829J. & C. Bell Anat. Hum. Body (ed. 7) II. 15 If thin, membraneous, and transparent, it [the diaphragm of fowls] can perform none of the functions of a diaphragm, and must be merely such a membraneous interseptum as some Amphibia and Reptiles have, supporting the viscera, or confining them in their place. 1887Syd. Soc. Lex., Interseptum, old term for the uvula, also the septum narium; also the diaphragm. |