septal

American

[sep-tl] / ˈsɛp tl /

adjective

Biology.

of or relating to a septum.

septal British

/ ˈsɛptəl /

adjective

of or relating to a septum

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Origin of septal

First recorded in 1830–40; sept(um) + -al ¹

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The medical report listed the cause of death as cardiac arrest, caused by the enlargement of the heart, caused by the atrial septal defect.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 13, 2022

It may also cause an atrial septal defect, which opens a hole between the left and right upper chambers.

From Fox News • Apr. 1, 2019

B-19 soon began obsessively zapping his septal region.

From Scientific American • Oct. 15, 2017

This condition, known as an atrial septal defect, was indeed the correct answer.

From Washington Post • Jan. 2, 2016

A subtropical species, ranging from Guatemala to the northern border of Sinaloa in northern Mexico; remarkable for the length of the peduncle of the cone and for the prevalence of septal resin-ducts in the leaf.

From The Genus Pinus by Shaw, George Russell

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