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pdrt'-it (L. partltus, divided), 

 having seven divisions in a leaf, 

 with radiating venation, which 

 may extend to near the base. 



septenate, a., stp-ten'-at (L. septeni, 

 seven each), in bot., having parts 

 in sevens; applied to a compound 

 leaf with seven leaflets coming off 

 from one point, 



septic, a., s$p'-tilc (Gr. septiJcos, 

 that causes putrefaction from 

 sepo, I make putrid or rotten), 

 having the power to promote 

 putrefaction : septicity, n., sep* 

 tis^i-ti, the tendency to promote 

 putrefaction : septicaemia, n. , s$p'- 

 ti-sem'i'a (Gr. haima, blood), an 

 acute disease, resembling pyaemia 

 in its general characters, supposed 

 to be caused by the absorption 

 into the blood of putrid matter 

 from the surface of a wound or 

 ulcer ; also called ichorrhaemia, 

 i'6r-remf'i'd (Gr. ichor, corrupted 

 matter ; haima, blood), and 

 septic pyaemia. 



septicidal, a., stp'-ti-sid'-dl (L. 

 septum, a partition ; ccedo> I cut 

 or divide), in bot., applied to 

 seed vessels which open by divid- 

 ing through the septa or partitions 

 of the ovary : septifragal, a., 

 s$p-tif'rag-al(L.frango, I break), 

 in bot., applied to a dehiscence 

 which takes place along the lines 

 of suture, the valves at the same 

 time separating from the dissepi- 

 ments, which are not subdivided. 



septum, n., s$p<tum, Bepta, n. 

 plu., s&p'-ta (L. septum, a par- 

 tition), in bot>> any partition 

 separating a body, as a fruit, into 

 two or more cells in the direction 

 of its length ; separating partitions 

 across, or in the direction of its 

 breadth, are called phragmata; in 

 anat., the membrane or plate 

 separating from each other two 

 adjacent cavities or organs ; one 

 of the partitions or walls of a 

 chambered shell : septate, a., 

 8%p'-tat, separated or divided by 

 partitions : septulum, n. , sep'>tul> I 



Urn (dim. of septum), a division 

 between small spaces or cavities : 

 septulate, a., sep'tul-dt, in bot., 

 having spurious transverse dis- 

 sepiments : septula renum, ren* 

 um (L. septula, partitions; renes, 

 the kidneys, renum, of the kid- 

 neys), the prolongations sent 

 inwards of the cortical substance 

 of the kidneys: septum lucidum, 

 Ids'-id-tim (L. lucidus, full of 

 light, clear), one of the partitions 

 which separate the lateral ven- 

 tricles of the brain from each 

 other : septum nasi, naz f >i, also 

 septum narium, war'-i-tim (L. 

 nasus, the nose, nasi, of the 

 nose ; naris, the nostril, narium, 

 of the nostrils), the cartilaginous 

 partition separating the nostrils : 

 s. pectiniforme, pek'-tm-i-form'-Z 

 (L. pectin, a comb;/prma, shape), 

 a partition which divides incom- 

 pletely the cavity of the ' corpus 

 cavernosum ' into two lateral 

 portions; s. posticum, p6st*lk'-um 

 (L. postlcus, posterior), a partition 

 separating the sub - arachnoid 

 space on the dorsal surface of the 

 cord: s. scroti, skrot'-l (L. scrotum, 

 the scrotum, the cod), the par- 

 tition which separates the two 

 testes of the scrotum : s. trans- 

 vereum, trans -ver^iim (L. trans- 

 versus^ transverse), the diaphragm, 

 a membrane which separates the 

 thorax from the abdomen ; the 

 partition separating the cerebrum 

 from the cerebellum ; a certain 

 incomplete partition of the semi- 

 circular canals of the ear. 



sequela, n.> sZk-wel'-a (L. sequela, 

 a result or consequence), a dis- 

 eased state of the body following 

 on an attack of some other disease. 



sequestrum, n., sek-west'-rum (L. 

 sequestrdtum, to remove, to 

 separate from anything), a dead 

 portion of bone which separates 

 from the sound part. 



sericeous, a., ser-ish'-us (L. seric- 

 us, silken from Seres, a people 

 of Eastern Asia, the Chinese), in 



