turbinate

tur·bi·nate

 (tûr′bə-nĭt, -nāt′)

adj. also tur·bi·nat·ed (-nā′tĭd)

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 mammals and birds.

n. (-nāt′)

Anatomy A turbinate bone.

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[Latin turbinātus, from turbō, turbin-, spinning top; see turbine.]

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turbinate

(ˈtɜːbɪnɪt; -ˌneɪt) or

turbinal

adj

1. (Anatomy) anatomy of or relating to any of the thin scroll-shaped bones situated on the walls of the nasal passages

2. (Anatomy) shaped like a spiral or scroll

3. (Zoology) (esp of the shells of certain molluscs) shaped like an inverted cone

n

4. (Anatomy) Also called: nasal concha a turbinate bone

5. (Zoology) a turbinate shell

[C17: from Latin turbō spinning top]

ˌturbiˈnation n

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tur•bi•nate

(ˈtɜr bə nɪt, -ˌneɪt)

adj. Also, tur′bi•nat`ed.

1. having the shape of an inverted cone; whorled; spiraled.

2. of or pertaining to certain scroll-like, spongy bones of the nasal passages.

n.

3. a turbinate shell.

[1655–65; < Latin turbinātus shaped like a top =turbin-, s. of turbō a top (see turbine) + -ātus -ate¹]

tur`bi•na′tion, n.

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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"

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Translations

turbinate

n cornete m

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