释义 |
interseptal, a.|ɪntəˈsɛptəl| [f. L. intersæpt-um diaphragm, midriff, partition (f. inter between + sæptum fence) + -al1.] Situated between septa or partitions. (Chiefly Anat. and Zool.)
1847–9Todd Cycl. Anat. IV. 26/2 The eight interseptal compartments communicate freely with the great cavity. 1859J. R. Greene Man. Anim. Kingd., Protozoa 17 These foramina are not to be regarded as simple apertures in the walls of the chambers, but rather as the orifices of a peculiar system of ‘interseptal’ canals. 1877Huxley Anat. Inv. Anim. iii. 164 A third cycle of twelve septa divides the previously existing twelve interseptal chambers into twenty-four. 1880― Crayfish iv. 186 The inter-septal substance swells up and becomes transparent. |