dissaeptum

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

dissaeptum, i, n. [dissaepio],

a barrier , partition : saxea domorum, Lucr. 6, 951; so too of the diaphragm: quod ventrem et cetera intestina secernit, Macr. Somn. Scip. 1, 6, § 77.