Category: S

A thin, translucent, triangular sheet of nervous tissue consisting of two laminae attached to the corpus callosum above and the fornix below. It forms the medial wall and interior boundary of the lateral ventricles of the brain.  

An instrument for cutting or removing a section of the nasal septum. A surgical tool employed in procedures involving the nasal septum.  

The use of a specialized scalpel or knife to separate fused structures within the hearts of infants born with complex congenital cardiac defects.  

Surgical formation of an opening in a septum.  

Having a valence of seven or combining with or replacing seven hydrogen atoms.  

A woman who has had seven pregnancies, each of which produced an infant, alive or dead, weighing 500 g or more.  

An inflammation of the uterus caused by sepsis.  

Excision of a septum, especially the nasal septum or a part of it.  

An instrument for separating the pericranium from the skull.  

Anything that prevents two substances from mingling.