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

/ dɪˈsɛpɪmənt /

noun

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

Derived Forms

• disˌsepiˈmental, adjective

Other Words From

• dis·sepi·mental adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of dissepiment¹

1720–30; < Latin dissaepīmentum, equivalent to dis- dis- ¹ + saepīmentum hedge ( saepī ( re ) to fence + -mentum -ment )

Word History and Origins

Origin of dissepiment¹

C18: from Late Latin dissaepīmentum, from dis- ¹+ saepīmentum hedge, from saepīre to enclose

Example Sentences

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

From Project Gutenberg

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.

From Project Gutenberg

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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