Definitions for: 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

Webster (1913) Definition: 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.

Synonyms: coiled, coiling, helical, spiral, spiraling, turbinal, turbinate bone, volute, voluted, whorled

See Also: bone, nasal concha, nose, olfactory organ, os

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