NASAL SEPTUM

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A partition of bone and cartilage between the nasal cavities

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Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("nasal septum" is a kind of...):

septum ((anatomy) a dividing partition between two tissues or cavities)

Meronyms (parts of "nasal septum"):

vomer (thin trapezoidal bone of the skull forming the posterior and inferior parts of the nasal septum)

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