turbinate (redirected from turbinated)

tur·bi·nate  (tûrb-nt, -nt) also tur·bi·nat·ed (-ntd)

adj.

1. Shaped like a top.

2. Spinning like a top.

3. Zoology Spiral and decreasing sharply in diameter from base to apex. Used especially of shells.

4. Anatomy Of, relating to, or designating a small curved bone that extends horizontally along the lateral wall of the nasal passage in higher vertebrates.

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[Latin turbintus, from turb, turbin-, spinning top; see turbine.]

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turbinate [ˈtɜːbɪnɪt -ˌneɪt], turbinal [ˈtɜːbɪn^əl]

adj also turbinated

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Anatomy) Anatomy of or relating to any of the thin scroll-shaped bones situated on the walls of the nasal passages

2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Anatomy) shaped like a spiral or scroll

3. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Zoology) (esp of the shells of certain molluscs) shaped like an inverted cone

n

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Anatomy) Also called nasal concha a turbinate bone

2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Zoology) a turbinate shell

[from Latin turbō spinning top]

turbination  n

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	turbinate - any of the scrolled spongy bones of the nasal passages in man and other vertebrates turbinal, turbinate bone nasal concha - one of several turbinate bones in the nasal cavity bone, os - rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates nose, olfactory organ - the organ of smell and entrance to the respiratory tract; the prominent part of the face of man or other mammals; "he has a cold in the nose"
Adj.	1.	turbinate - of or relating to the scroll-shaped turbinate bones in the nasal passages
	2.	turbinate - in the shape of a coil               coiling, helical, spiral, spiraling, volute, voluted, whorled coiled - curled or wound (especially in concentric rings or spirals); "a coiled snake ready to strike"; "the rope lay coiled on the deck"