Meaning of TURBINATE
| Pronunciation: | | 'turbunit
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- [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
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| | Synonyms: | | coiled, coiling, helical, spiral, spiraling, turbinal, turbinate bone, volute, voluted, whorled |
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| | See Also: | | bone, nasal concha, nose, olfactory organ, os | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\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.
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| | Definition: | | Top-shaped, obconical. |
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