septal
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septal (not comparable)
- (anatomy, biology, relational) Of or pertaining to a septum.
- (archaeology, of a stone or slab) Separating compartments in a burial chamber.
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of or pertaining to the septum
Etymology 2 edit
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septal (not comparable)
- (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.
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- “septal”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- “septal”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
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septal m or f (masculine and feminine plural septales)