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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A turbinate bone.
2. 2
   any of the scrolled spongy bones of the nasal passages in man and other vertebrates wordnet

Adjective

1. 1
   Having the shape of a cone resting on its apex.
2. 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.

Synonyms

All synonyms

turbinate boneanfractuousconchalcorkscrewhelicalnasal

Antonyms

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non turbinalnon turbinated

Etymology

Latin turbinis (“a top, whirl”).