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Turbinal

Turbinal Meaning & Definition
Turbinal Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Turbinal?

[n] any of the scrolled spongy bones of the nasal passages in man and other vertebrates

Synonyms | Synonyms for Turbinal: turbinate | turbinate bone

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See Also | bone | nasal concha | nose | olfactory organ | os

Turbinal In Webster's Dictionary

\Tur"bi*nal\, a. [L. turbo, turben, -inis, a top, whirl.] (Anat.) Rolled in a spiral; scroll-like; turbinate; -- applied to the thin, plicated, bony or cartilaginous plates which support the olfactory and mucous membranes of the nasal chambers. Note: There are usually several of these plates in each nasal chamber. The upper ones, connected directly with the ethmoid bone, are called ethmoturbinals, and the lower, connected with the maxill[ae], maxillo-turbinals. Incurved portions of the wall of the nasal chamber are sometimes called pseudoturbinals, to distinguish them from the true turbinals which are free outgrowths into the chambers.
\Tur"bi*nal\, n. (Anat.) A turbinal bone or cartilage.

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