turbinate

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}, {turbinate}]
    n 1: any of the scrolled spongy bones of the nasal passages in
         man and other vertebrates [syn: {turbinate bone},
         {turbinate}, {turbinal}]
    

Turbinate \Tur"bi*nate\, v. i.
   To revolve or spin like a top; to whirl. [R.]
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Turbinate \Tur"bi*nate\, Turbinated \Tur"bi*na`ted\, a. [L.
   turbinatus, fr. turbo, turben, turbinis, a whirl, top.]
   1. Whirling in the manner of a top.
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            A spiral and turbinated motion of the whole.
                                                  --Bentley.
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   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.
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   3. (Anat.) Turbinal.
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   4. (Zool.) Spiral with the whorls decreasing rapidly from a
      large base to a pointed apex; -- said of certain shells.
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