Webster's New World Medical Dictionary

sepsis, neonatal
A serious blood bacterial infec-
tion in an infant less than 4 weeks of age. Babies
with sepsis may be listless, overly sleepy, floppy,
weak, and very pale. Treatment involves urgent
administration of antibiotics and intravenous fluids.
septal defect, atrial
See 
atrial septal defect.
septal defect, ventricular
See 
ventricular sep-
tal defect.
septate
Divided. For example, a septate uterus is
one that is divided.
septate vagina
See 
vagina, septate.
septic
Infected, or denoting infection. For exam-
ple, septic shock is shock that is caused by infection.
septic arthritis
See 
arthritis, septic.
septic bursitis
See 
bursitis, septic.
septicemia
See 
sepsis.
septorhinoplasty
A surgical procedure that is
done on the nose and the nasal septum to remove
any internal obstructions that may be blocking
breathing through the nose. See also 
rhinoplasty.
septum
A dividing wall or enclosure. For exam-
ple, the septum of the nose is the thin cartilage that
divides the left and right chambers of the nose from
each other.
septum, atrial
The wall between the right and
left atria (the upper chambers) of the heart. Also
known as interatrial septum.
septum, cardiac
The dividing wall between the
right and left sides of the heart. The portion of the
septum that separates the right and left atria of the
heart is termed the atrial (or interatrial) septum.
The portion of the septum that lies between the right
and left ventricles of the heart is called the ventric-
ular (or interventricular) septum. Also known as
heart septum.