septal
IPA: sˈɛptʌɫ
adjective
- (anatomy, biology, relational) Of or pertaining to a septum.
- (archaeology, of a stone or slab) Separating compartments in a burial chamber.
- (relational) Relating to an Irish clan or sept.
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Examples of "septal" in Sentences
- Ostium primum atrial septal defect.
- I added ventricular septal defect in there.
- There are many types of atrial septal defects.
- Septal necks are short and generally recumbent.
- A ventricular septal defect is the most common form.
- The ventricular septal defect is closed with a patch.
- The medial septal nucleus is one of the septal nuclei.
- It also articulates with the septal cartilage of the nose.
- Septal modulation of excitatory transmission in hippocampus.
- Gonimoblasts are connected by septal pores, usually blocked by septal plugs.
- If the child has a septal defect, the surgeon will sew it closed or place a patch over it.
- He or she will tie off the ductus arteriosus and close the ventricular septal defect by stitching a patch into the muscle of the heart.
- There's a heart condition that is treated through a technique called septal ablation - as part of this operation, surgeons must induce a planned heart attack.
- Children with this heart defect almost always also have a large ventricular septal defect (VSD), or a hole in the wall between the two lower, pumping chambers of the heart.
- A group of congenital heart defects, including a ventricular septal defect, obstruction to blood flow out of the right ventricle to the lungs, and an aorta that is shifted to the right.
- The study, led by Dr Hasan Jilaihawi (Glenfield Hospital, Leicester, UK), also singled out postprocedural anatomical factors affecting the left ventricular outflow tract, such as septal hypertrophy and the
- J. William Gaynor, MD: The most important features are that there's a ventricular septal defect, or a hole between the two pumping chambers of the heart and blockage of blood flow getting out to the lungs.
- This tissue overgrowth can be treated with a technique called septal ablation that destroys the excess tissue, a scenario that mimics the damage that happens to heart muscle when its blood supply is cut off.
- (VSD) - one or more holes in the muscular wall that separates the right and left ventricles of the heart; for more detailed information, please see the ventricular septal defect page in the Index of Medical Conditions.
- This tissue overgrowth can be treated with a technique called septal ablation - pioneered by Michael Fifer, MD, of MGH Cardiology - that destroys the excess tissue, a scenario that mimics the damage that happens to heart muscle when its blood supply is cut off.
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