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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

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


ADJECTIVE (2)

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]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Turbinate \Tur"bi*nate\, v. i. To revolve or spin like a top; to whirl. [R.] [1913 Webster] Turbinate
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

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]