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Multiseptate :: Multiseptate (a.) Divided into many chambers by partitions, as the pith of the pokeweed..

Mediastinum :: Mediastinum (n.) A partition; a septum; specifically, the folds of the pleura (and the space included between them) which divide the thorax into a right and left cavity. The space included between these folds of the pleura, called the mediastinal space, contains the heart and gives passage to the esophagus and great blood vessels..

Apartment :: Apartment (n.) A room in a building; a division in a house, separated from others by partitions..

Bulkhead :: Bulkhead (n.) A partition in a vessel, to separate apartments on the same deck..

Septiferous :: Septiferous (a.) Bearing a partition; -- said of the valves of a capsule.

Septifragal :: Septifragal (a.) Breaking from the partitions; -- said of a method of dehiscence in which the valves of a pod break away from the partitions, and these remain attached to the common axis..

Dissepiment :: Dissepiment (n.) A separating tissue; a partition; a septum.

Mesentery :: Mesentery (n.) One of the vertical muscular radiating partitions which divide the body cavity of Anthozoa into chambers.

Partition :: Partition (v.) That which divides or separates; that by which different things, or distinct parts of the same thing, are separated; separating boundary; dividing line or space; specifically, an interior wall dividing one part or apartment of a house, an inclosure, or the like, from another; as, a brick partition; lath and plaster partitions..

Impartible :: Impartible (a.) Not partible; not subject to partition; indivisible; as, an impartible estate..

Velum :: Velum (n.) Curtain or covering; -- applied to various membranous partitions, especially to the soft palate. See under Palate..

Rope :: Rope (v. t.) To partition, separate, or divide off, by means of a rope, so as to include or exclude something; as, to rope in, or rope off, a plot of ground; to rope out a crowd..

Elocular :: Elocular (a.) Having but one cell, or cavity; not divided by a septum or partition..

Septum :: Septum (n.) One of the transverse partitions dividing the body cavity of an annelid.

Vessel :: Vessel (n.) A continuous tube formed from superposed large cylindrical or prismatic cells (tracheae), which have lost their intervening partitions, and are usually marked with dots, pits, rings, or spirals by internal deposition of secondary membranes; a duct..

Stopping :: Stopping (n.) A partition or door to direct or prevent a current of air.

Pocket :: Pocket (n.) A hole or space covered by a movable piece of board, as in a floor, boxing, partitions, or the like..

Plaster :: Plaster (n.) A composition of lime, water, and sand, with or without hair as a bond, for coating walls, ceilings, and partitions of houses. See Mortar..

Septum :: Septum (n.) A wall separating two cavities; a partition; as, the nasal septum..

Diaphragm :: Diaphragm (n.) A dividing membrane or thin partition, commonly with an opening through it..

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