单词 | interseptum |
释义 | interseptumn. A diaphragm or partition: esp. in Anatomy. ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > physical aspects or shapes > specific areas or structures > [noun] > separation or partition mediastinum?a1425 mediastine?c1425 septum1543 paries1694 interseptum1753 cameration1863 abstriction1877 abjunction1887 macroseptum1904 1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. Interseptum, a word used by some writers to express the uvula, and by others the septum narium. 1829 J. Bell & C. Bell Anat. & Physiol. Human 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. 1887 New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon Interseptum, old term for the uvula, also the septum narium; also the diaphragm. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < n.1753 |
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