tur|bi|nate

tur|bi|nate
tur|bi|nate «TUR buh niht, -nayt», adjective, noun.
–adj.
1. shaped like a spinning top or inverted cone: »

a turbinate shell.

2. of, having to do with, or denoting certain scroll-like, spongy bones of the nasal passages in higher vertebrates.
–n.
1. a turbinate shell.
2. a turbinate bone.
[< Latin turbinātus < turbō, -inis whirling object or motion]

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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