English Explanatory Dictionary

turbinal

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Having the shape of a cone resting on its apex.
  2. Rolled in a spiral; scroll-like; turbinate; applied to the thin, plicated, bony or cartilaginous plates which support the olfactory and mucous membranes of the nasal chambers.
noun
  1. A turbinate bone.

Word forms

turbinal more turbinal most turbinal turbinals

Etymology

Latin turbinis (“a top, whirl”).

Related words

turban

Derived words

ethmoturbinal pseudoturbinal
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