NASAL SEPTUM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does nasal septum mean? 

• NASAL SEPTUM (noun)
  The noun NASAL SEPTUM has 1 sense:

1. a partition of bone and cartilage between the nasal cavities

  Familiarity information: NASAL SEPTUM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• NASAL SEPTUM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A partition of bone and cartilage between the nasal cavities

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("nasal septum" is a kind of...):

septum ((anatomy) a dividing partition between two tissues or cavities)

Meronyms (parts of "nasal septum"):

vomer (thin trapezoidal bone of the skull forming the posterior and inferior parts of the nasal septum)

 Context examples 

It arises from the lower anterior nasal septum.

(Exophytic Schneiderian Papilloma, NCI Thesaurus)

The proximal portion of the respiratory passages on either side of the nasal septum lying between the floor of the cranium and the roof of the mouth and extending from the face to the pharynx.

(Nasal Cavity, NCI Thesaurus)