SEPTATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does septation mean? 

• SEPTATION (noun)
  The noun SEPTATION has 1 sense:

1. the division or partitioning of a cavity into parts by a septum

  Familiarity information: SEPTATION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SEPTATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The division or partitioning of a cavity into parts by a septum

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("septation" is a kind of...):

division; partition; partitioning; sectionalisation; sectionalization; segmentation (the act of dividing or partitioning; separation by the creation of a boundary that divides or keeps apart)

 Context examples 

Most frequent are defects in septation and the cardiac valves, and few single gene etiologies are known.

(ALK Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)