turbinate

Plural: turbinates

Noun

• any of the scrolled spongy bones of the nasal passages in man and other vertebrates
• A turbinal or turbinate bone.

Adjective

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

Adjective Satellite

• in the shape of a coil

Adj

• Shaped or spinning like a top (spinning top).
• In the shape of a coil.
• Spiral and decreasing sharply in diameter from base to apex.
• Of, or relating to, the turbinate bone.

Verb

• To revolve or spin like a top; to whirl.

Synonyms

coiling, helical, spiral, spiraling, turbinal, turbinate bone, volute, voluted, whorled, nasal concha

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