| 单词 | nasal septum |
| 释义 | > as lemmasnasal septum Frequently in anatomical terms, as nasal artery, nasal cartilage, nasal duct, nasal septum, etc.extracted from nasaladj.nasal septum b. spec. More fully nasal septum. The structure that divides the nasal cavity into right and left sides, made of bone and cartilage and lined with mucous membrane. [Compare post-classical Latin septum narium septum of the nostrils (1568 or earlier), and septum nasi septum of the nose (1562 or earlier).] ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > nose > [noun] > septum nose gristleOE crete?1541 nose-bridge1572 bridle1578 septum1615 1615 H. Crooke Μικροκοσμογραϕια xiii. viii. 950 The third bone..is called Septum or the partition, because it distinguisheth the cauity of the nostrilles into two parts. 1781 T. Pennant Hist. Quadrupeds II. 530 The nostrils oval, and divided by a septum. 1832 D. Brewster Lett. Nat. Magic xii. 312 Some of the party experienced sharp pains in the tips of their ears and in the septum of the nose. 1957 Chronicle-Telegram (Elyria, Ohio) 20 Feb. 36/2 Appendicitis was succeeded as a fashionable disease by deviated septa. 2008 Daily Star (Nexis) 14 Apr. 5 Natasha was such a heavy cocaine user the drug had eaten away the septum of her nose. < as lemmas |
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