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turbinate |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Turbinate \Tur"bi*nate\, v. i. To revolve or spin like a top to whirl. [R.] From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Turbinate \Tur"bi*nate\, Turbinated \Tur"bi*na`ted\, a. [L. turbinatus turbo, turben, -inis, a whirl, top.] 1. Whirling in the manner of a top A spiral and turbinated motion of the whole. --Bentley. 2. (Bot.) Shaped like a top or inverted cone; narrow at the base, and broad at the apex; as a turbinated ovary, pericarp, or root. 3. (Anat.) Turbinal. 4. (Zo["o]l.) Spiral with the whorls decreasing rapidly from a large base to a pointed apex; -- said of certain shells. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: turbinate adj 1: of or relating to the scroll-shaped turbinate bones in the nasal passages 2: in the shape of a coil [syn: {coiling}, {helical}, {spiral}, {spiraling}, {volute}, {voluted}, {whorled}] n : any of the scrolled spongy bones of the nasal passages in man and other vertebrates [syn: {turbinate bone}, {turbinal}]
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