About The Word Turbinate
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Turbinate
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What's The Definition Of Turbinate?
[n] any of the scrolled spongy bones of the nasal passages in man and other vertebrates
[adj] in the shape of a coil [adj] of or relating to the scroll-shaped turbinate bones in the nasal passages Synonyms | Synonyms for Turbinate: coiled | coiling | helical | spiral | spiraling | turbinal | turbinate bone | volute | voluted | whorled Related Terms | Find terms related to Turbinate: See Also | bone | nasal concha | nose | olfactory organ | os Turbinate In Webster's Dictionary \Tur"bi*nate\, v. i.
To revolve or spin like a top; to whirl. [R.]
\Tur"bi*nate\, Turbinated \Tur"bi*na`ted\, a. [L. turbinatus, turbo, turben, -inis, a whirl, top.] 1. Whirling in the manner of a top. A spiral and turbinated motion of the whole. --Bentley. 2. (Bot.) Shaped like a top, or inverted cone; narrow at the base, and broad at the apex; as, a turbinated ovary, pericarp, or root. 3. (Anat.) Turbinal. 4. (Zo["o]l.) Spiral with the whorls decreasing rapidly from a large base to a pointed apex; -- said of certain shells. |
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