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turbinate

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: turbinate

1
 adj
in the shape of a coil
2
 adjn
of or relating to the scroll-shaped turbinate bones in the nasal passages
any of the scrolled spongy bones of the nasal passages in man and other vertebrates
FULL DEFINITIONS OF: turbinate
1

adj in the shape of a coil

Synonyms:
coiling, helical, spiral, spiraling, volute, voluted, whorled
coiled
curled or wound (especially in concentric rings or spirals)
2

adj of or relating to the scroll-shaped turbinate bones in the nasal passages

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

Synonyms:
turbinal, turbinate bone
Types:
nasal concha
one of several turbinate bones in the nasal cavity
Type of:
bone, os
rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates
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