Phrase guide

nasal septum

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences

Examples

  • deviated nasal septum
  • deviation of the nasal septum

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: columella nasi

Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 2

a partition of bone and cartilage between the nasal cavities

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: septum

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

28 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: حَاجِز الأَنْف (ḥājiz al-ʔanf) — partition in the nose
  • Azerbaijani: burun arakəsmə sümüyü — partition in the nose
  • Catalan: septe nasal — partition in the nose
  • Chinese Mandarin: 鼻中隔 (bízhōnggé) — partition in the nose
  • Czech: nosní přepážka — partition in the nose
  • Dutch: neustussenschot — partition in the nose
  • Finnish: nenän väliseinä — partition in the nose
  • French: cloison nasale — partition in the nose
  • Galician: tabique nasal — partition in the nose
  • German: Nasenscheidewand — partition in the nose
  • Greek: ρινικό διάφραγμα (rinikó diáfragma) — partition in the nose
  • Hebrew: מחיצת האף — partition in the nose
  • Hungarian: orrsövény — partition in the nose
  • Italian: setto — partition in the nose
  • Japanese: 鼻中隔 (bichūkaku) — partition in the nose
  • Latin: septum nasi — partition in the nose
  • Low German: neestwüschenwand — partition in the nose
  • Māori: taunga — partition in the nose
  • Māori: pātaki — partition in the nose
  • Persian: تیغه بینی — partition in the nose
  • Polish: przegroda nosowa — partition in the nose
  • Portuguese: septo nasal — partition in the nose
  • Spanish: tabique nasal — partition in the nose
  • Swedish: nässkiljevägg — partition in the nose
  • Thai: ผนังกั้นโพรงจมูก (p̄hnạng kận phorng cmūk) — partition in the nose
  • Turkish: burun bölmesi — partition in the nose
  • Ukrainian: носова́ перегоро́дка (nosová perehoródka) — partition in the nose
  • Ukrainian: носова перетинка (nosova peretynka) — partition in the nose