aliseptal
aliseptal adjective: relating to expansions of the nasal septum.
Adjective
aliseptal (not comparable)
- Relating to expansions of the nasal septum.
- The prenasal cartilage (Fig. 70, pn) still points downwards, and by this time are formed the alinasal cartilages (Fig. 70, aln) developed from the trabecular horns, and the aliseptal cartilages which enclose the inferior turbinals (Fig. 70).1874, Sir Michael Foster, The Elements of Embryology, page 231
- Such lateral developments of the ethmoid plate are the aliethmoid, aliseptal, and alinasal.1884, Elliott Coues, Key to North American Birds
Origin of aliseptal
From ali- + septal.
Words that rhyme with aliseptal
- septal
- transeptal
- anteroseptal
- aortoseptal
- apicoseptal
- conoseptal
- corticoseptal
- episeptal
- hippocamposeptal
- hyposeptal
- inferoseptal
- interseptal
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Questions about aliseptal
- What does aliseptal mean?
- Aliseptal means relating to expansions of the nasal septum.
- What part of speech is aliseptal?
- Aliseptal is an adjective.
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