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septum (SEP-tuhm) noun, plural septa (SEP-tuh)
A dividing wall, in an animal or a plant. For example, the partition between the nostrils. [Latin saeptum, partition, from neuter of saeptus, past participle of saepire, to enclose, from saepes, fence.] "A 10-year-old Massachusetts girl wound up in hospital after trying to achieve the pierced nose look with a magnetic earring on her nostril... The magnets were so powerful that they had broken from the rings and become embedded on either side of the nasal septum, out of reach of available medical instruments." U.S. Girl Gets Painful Lesson in Attraction, Reuters, May 13, 1998. This week's theme: words to describe odds and ends. ............................................................................ When it is dark enough, you can see the stars. -Ralph Waldo Emerson, writer and philosopher (1803-1882) Feeling information overload? Sign off a few mailing lists. If you wish to unsubscribe from AWAD, send a blank message to wsmith@wordsmith.org with the word unsubscribe in the subject line of your message. Of course, we'd rather you stay with us. After all, it is only a `word' a day. (-: Pronunciation: http://wordsmith.org/words/septum.wav http://wordsmith.org/words/septum.ram
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