turbinate

Latin turbinatus.

turbinate (comparative more turbinate, superlative most turbinate)

1. Shaped or spinning like a top.
2. In the shape of a coil.
3. (zoology) Spiral and decreasing sharply in diameter from base to apex.

   a turbinate shell

4. (anatomy) Of, or relating to, the turbinate bone.

• coiling
• helical
• spiral
• spiraling
• volute
• whorled

turbinate (plural turbinates)

1. (anatomy) A turbinal or turbinate bone.

• nasal concha

turbinate (third-person singular simple present turbinates, present participle turbinating, simple past and past participle turbinated)

1. To revolve or spin like a top; to whirl.

• intratube, tribunate

turbinate

1. second-person plural present indicative of turbinare
2. second-person plural imperative of turbinare
3. feminine plural of turbinato

turbinate

1. vocative masculine singular of turbinatus