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dissepiment

[ dih-sep-uh-muhnt ]

noun

  1. Anatomy, Zoology. a partition or septum in a tissue.
  2. Botany. one of the partitions formed within ovaries and fruits by the coherence of the sides of the constituent carpels.


dissepiment

/ ɪˈɛɪəԳ /

noun

  1. biology a dividing partition or membrane, such as that between the chambers of a syncarpous ovary
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Derived Forms

  • 徱ˌ辱ˈԳٲ, adjective
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Other yvlog Forms

  • 徱·i·t adjective
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of dissepiment1

1720–30; < Latin 徱īԳٳܳ, equivalent to dis- dis- 1 + īԳٳܳ hedge ( ī ( re ) to fence + -mentum -ment )
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of dissepiment1

C18: from Late Latin 徱īԳٳܳ, from dis- 1+ īԳٳܳ hedge, from īre to enclose
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Example Sentences

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Tab′ula, a writing-tablet, a legal record: a frontal: a dissepiment in corals, &c.;

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Dissepiment: a partition wall: applied to the forming septa separating the coelom-sacs in the embryo; also the thin envelope about the members in obtect pupae.

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In these two genera I have ascertained that the inner membrane of the ovulum, before fecundation, is entirely exposed, the outer membrane being even then open its whole length; and that the outer membranes of the two collateral ovula, which are originally distinct, cohere in a more advanced stage by their corresponding surfaces, and together constitute the anomalous dissepiment of the capsule; the inner membrane of the ovulum consequently forming the outer coat of the seed.

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