nasal septum

noun

A bony and cartilaginous partition in the nose, separating the left and right airways in the nose and dividing the two nostrils.

“deviated nasal septum”

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columella nasi
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Meanings

nounnasal septum (plural nasal septa or nasal septums)

plural nasal septa · plural nasal septums

  1. anatomyA bony and cartilaginous partition in the nose, separating the left and right airways in the nose and dividing the two nostrils.

    deviated nasal septum

    1 more example

    deviation of the nasal septum

    Synonyms: columella nasi

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA bony and cartilaginous partition in the nose, separating the left and right airways in the nose and dividing the two nostrils.

Similar
columella nasi
Also see
columella nasi

Translations

Arabic حَاجِز الأَنْف
  • حَاجِز الأَنْف (ḥājiz al-ʔanf)partition in the nose
Catalan septe nasal
  • septe nasalpartition in the nose
Chinese Mandarin 鼻中隔
  • 鼻中隔 (bízhōnggé)partition in the nose
Czech nosní přepážka
  • nosní přepážkapartition in the nose
Dutch neustussenschot
  • neustussenschotpartition in the nose
Finnish nenän väliseinä
  • nenän väliseinäpartition in the nose
French cloison nasale
  • cloison nasalepartition in the nose
German Nasenscheidewand
  • Nasenscheidewandpartition in the nose
Greek ρινικό διάφραγμα
  • ρινικό διάφραγμα (rinikó diáfragma)partition in the nose
Hebrew מחיצת האף
  • מחיצת האףpartition in the nose
Hungarian orrsövény
  • orrsövénypartition in the nose
Italian setto
  • settopartition in the nose
Japanese 鼻中隔
  • 鼻中隔 (bichūkaku)partition in the nose
Latin septum nasi
  • septum nasipartition in the nose
Māori taunga, pātaki
  • taungapartition in the nose
  • pātakipartition in the nose
Persian تیغه بینی
  • تیغه بینیpartition in the nose
Polish przegroda nosowa
  • przegroda nosowapartition in the nose
Portuguese septo nasal
  • septo nasalpartition in the nose
Spanish tabique nasal
  • tabique nasalpartition in the nose
Swedish nässkiljevägg
  • nässkiljeväggpartition in the nose
Thai ผนังกั้นโพรงจมูก
  • ผนังกั้นโพรงจมูก (p̄hnạng kận phorng cmūk)partition in the nose
Turkish burun bölmesi
  • burun bölmesipartition in the nose
Ukrainian носова́ перегоро́дка, носова перетинка
  • носова́ перегоро́дка (nosová perehoródka)partition in the nose
  • носова перетинка (nosova peretynka)partition in the nose
Cite this entry
APA

nasal septum. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nasal%20septum

MLA

“nasal septum.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nasal%20septum. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “nasal septum,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nasal%20septum.

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