"turbinate" in the noun sense
1. turbinate bone, turbinate, turbinal
any of the scrolled spongy bones of the nasal passages in man and other vertebrates
"turbinate" in the adjective sense
1. turbinate
of or relating to the scroll-shaped turbinate bones in the nasal passages
2. coiling, helical, spiral, spiraling, volute, voluted, whorled, turbinate
in the shape of a coil
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