different between dorsum vs septum

English

Etymology

From Latin dorsum.

Noun

dorsum (plural dorsa)

1. The back of the tongue, used for articulating dorsal consonants.
2. The top of the foot or the back of the hand.
3. (anatomy) The back or dorsal region on the surface of an animal.
4. (astrogeology) A ridge on a hill, or on the surface of a planet or moon.
5. (astronomy) Theta Capricorni, a star on the back of the Goat

Synonyms

• (back of an animal): back

Related terms

• dorsal / dorsumal

Translations

References

• dorsum in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• dorsum on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• dromus, dumsor

Latin

Alternative forms

• *dossum

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *dorsom, with no known cognates in any other Indo-European languages. Has been linked to deorsum, but their contemporaneous use suggests that one was not a phonetic development of the other.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?dor.sum/, [?d??rs????]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?dor.sum/, [?d??rsum]

Noun

dorsum n (genitive dors?); second declension

1. (anatomy) back, part of the body between the neck and buttocks
2. (figuratively) ridge, summit

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Antonyms

• venter

Derived terms

• dors?lis
• dorsualia

Descendants

References

• dorsum in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• dorsum in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• dorsum in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• dorsum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

English

Alternative forms

• saeptum, sæptum (obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin s?ptum (“enclosure, wall, fence”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?s?p.t?m/
• Rhymes: -?pt?m

Noun

septum (plural septa)

1. (biology) A wall separating two cavities; a partition.

   Synonym: dissepiment

   1. (anatomy) Ellipsis of nasal septum: the cartilaginous center wall of the nose separating the two nostrils.
   2. (anatomy) Either of the two walls that separate the atria or ventricles of the heart into left and right chambers.
   3. (botany) A partition that separates the cells of a fruit.
   4. (mycology) A partition that separates the cells of a (septated) fungus.
   5. (zoology) One of the radial calcareous plates of a coral.
   6. (zoology) One of the transverse partitions dividing the shell of a mollusk, or of a rhizopod, into several chambers.
   7. (zoology) One of the transverse partitions dividing the body cavity of an annelid.
2. (colloquial) Ellipsis of septum ring or septum piercing.

Hyponyms

• nasal septum
• interventricular septum
• septum pellucidum

Derived terms

Translations

References

• “septum”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
• “septum”, in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary, (Please provide a date or year).

Anagrams

• spetum

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?se?p.tum/, [?s?e?pt????]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?sep.tum/, [?s?pt?um]

Noun

s?ptum n (genitive s?pt?); second declension

1. Alternative form of saeptum.

Descendants

? English: septum