Noun
- 1. turbinate bone, turbinate, turbinal, bone, os
- usage: any of the scrolled spongy bones of the nasal passages in man and other vertebrates
Adjective
- 1. turbinate
- usage: of or relating to the scroll-shaped turbinate bones in the nasal passages
- 2. coiling, helical, spiral, spiraling, volute, voluted, whorled, turbinate, coiled (vs. uncoiled)
- usage: in the shape of a coil
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