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Turbinal
adj, noun
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Having the shape of a cone resting on its apex.
- 2 Rolled in a spiral; scroll-like; turbinate; applied to the thin, plicated, bony or cartilaginous plates which support the olfactory and mucous membranes of the nasal chambers.
Noun
- 1 A turbinate bone.
- 2 any of the scrolled spongy bones of the nasal passages in man and other vertebrates wordnet
Etymology
Etymology 1
Latin turbinis (“a top, whirl”).
Etymology 2
Latin turbinis (“a top, whirl”).
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