'Turbinate' definitions:
Definition of 'turbinate'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Of or relating to the scroll-shaped turbinate bones in the nasal passages
adjective
In the shape of a coil [syn: coiling, helical, spiral, spiraling, volute, voluted, whorled, turbinate]
noun
Any of the scrolled spongy bones of the nasal passages in man and other vertebrates [syn: turbinate bone, turbinate, turbinal]
Definition of 'Turbinate'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- A spiral and turbinated motion of the whole. --Bentley. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Anat.) Turbinal. [1913 Webster]
- 4. (Zool.) Spiral with the whorls decreasing rapidly from a large base to a pointed apex; -- said of certain shells. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Turbinate'
From: GCIDE
- Turbinate \Tur"bi*nate\, v. i. To revolve or spin like a top; to whirl. [R.] [1913 Webster] Turbinate