septal

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɛp.təl/, /ˈsɛp.tl̩/
• Rhymes: -ɛptəl

• Audio (Southern England):

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Etymology 1

From septum + -al.

Adjective

septal (not comparable)

1. (anatomy, biology, relational) Of or pertaining to a septum.
2. (archaeology, of a stone or slab) Separating compartments in a burial chamber.

Derived terms

• aliseptal
• anteroseptal
• aortoseptal
• apicoseptal
• conoseptal
• corticoseptal
• episeptal
• hippocamposeptal
• hyposeptal
• inferoseptal
• interseptal
• intraseptal
• medioseptal
• midseptal
• multiseptal
• myoseptal
• nasoseptal
• nonseptal
• pallidoseptal
• paraseptal
• periseptal
• postseptal
• preseptal
• septally
• superoseptal
• transseptal
• valvuloseptal

Translations

of or pertaining to the septum

• Bulgarian: преграден (bg) (pregraden)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 中隔的 (zh) (zhōnggé de)

• Spanish: septal

Etymology 2

From sept + -al.

Adjective

septal (not comparable)

1. (relational) Relating to an Irish clan or sept.
   • 1878, Standish James O'Grady, History of Ireland: The Heroic Period, volume 1, page 46:

     […] and in Ireland it so happened, that these four families emerged victorious out of the septal struggles.

References

• “septal”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “septal”, in Merriam-Webster.com Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

Anagrams

• tepals, Stapel, Staple, peltas, Patels, palest, Pleats, leptas, plates, petals, staple, palets, patels, pleats, pastel

Spanish

Adjective

septal m or f (masculine and feminine plural septales)

1. (anatomy) septal

Related terms

• septo